Acer Aspire V3-571G speakers not working

[yamsushi]

So I have an Aspire V3-571G and the left panel 3.5mm jack is broken due to a jack being broken in the port. I was thinking of sending it in for a repair, but it's 200 dollars just to fix the audio port, so I looked for another method. Luckily for me, I had a monitor with a built in speaker at home. I connected my laptop to the monitor using a VGA cable, but the sound won't come out. Is there a way to use the speakers in the monitor or will I never get sound from my laptop?

 

[COLGeek]

The VGA cable does not carry sound. You need to connect the monitor speakers to the laptop via the headphone jack.

If your display has a HDMI input, you can connect the laptop HDMI port via HDMI cable. HDMI does carry audio.

 

[Brett928S2]

Hi

Or just buy a USB Dongle sound card (less than $10) , plug into USB and two new sockets...speakers and mike...

All the best Brett

 

[yamsushi]

Ah, I see thank you so much for the information!

 

[yamsushi]

Best answer selected by yamsushi.

 

[Brett928S2]

Hi

CLOSING due to age... but please start another thread if you are still having problems , which I will answer promptly...

All the best Brett