Connecting Laptop to TV using HDMI - Pictue is Good, But no sound

I am connecting my Laptop using a HDMI connection from the computer directly
to the TV. I can watch movies etc from the computer on the TV, but there is
no sound. I do know that HDMI cables carry both video and sound. How do I
get the sound to come out of the TV and not just the computer?

What make model laptop do you have?

Gateway T1625 14.1 inch - I heard from someone else that Laptops are not
capable of converting sound to a tv... not sure if this is true

Kevin - depends on your application and your budget. You will either need
to adapt the mini-phono analog stereo output of the pc to traditional RCA
connections and attach them to the (likely) mated audio input associated
with the HDMI input of the TV. Or, you can run the digital audio output of
the laptop into a similarly mated digital audio input of the TV. Both of
these would be parallel connections. If running another cable isn't viable,
then there are modular technologies you can buy that will integrate the
audio into the HDMI at the PC side. The composting would still occur
outside the PC, but if your HDMI is in the wall or something, then this
approach is likely more feasible. Check gefen dot com - no, I don't work
there. (Gefen's would require you spot adapt the HDMI to DVI - it has a DVI
input and a digital audio input - and voila, one HDMI output w/ audio. Good
luck (also applies to many other video cards, by the way.)

It's not that laptops are not capable of connecting sound to TVs. It is
does your HDMI output from your laptop include audio or is it just video. I
suspect that it is just video since it is only the latest graphics cards
that include HDMI outputs including audio but I could not find your user's
manual at the Gateway Website so I could not confirm this.

[des2185]

All you have to do is restart your computer after you connect the hdmi cable, and turn you Hd tv off and on. It has nothing to do with the video card, you just have to reboot the video and sound cards. Hope it helps