5.1 surround sound on my laptop

i have a g62-105sa (think thats it) and im in the process of buying a 5.1 surround sound system and i was wondering if that my laptop is able to play and have full 5.1 sound, i have checked the sound setting and stuff and i cant find an option to set the laptop to play through a 5.1 system. Any help anyone?

Hi,
josh1747 wrote:
i have a g62-105sa (think thats it) and im in the process of buying a 5.1 surround sound system and i was wondering if that my laptop is able to play and have full 5.1 sound, i have checked the sound setting and stuff and i cant find an option to set the laptop to play through a 5.1 system. Any help anyone?
Does you laptop have an HDMI port?
I see it present only on select models.
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