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10-28-2016, 01:04 AM
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Registered: Mar 2008
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Distribution: Mint, Ubuntu, Backtrack
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OK guys I figured it out.
I went into the BIOS and set graphics from Hybrid to Discrete (the P50 has onboard graphics plus a discrete graphics card) and now when I go into Sound Settings I can see "HDMI / DisplayPort 3" as an output Device. Sound works over HDMI now!
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10-28-2016, 01:41 AM
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Registered: Feb 2015
Location: USA
Distribution: Lubuntu 14.04, 22.04, Windows 8.1 and 10
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Originally Posted by wingman358
OK guys I figured it out.
I went into the BIOS and set graphics from Hybrid to Discrete (the P50 has onboard graphics plus a discrete graphics card) and now when I go into Sound Settings I can see "HDMI / DisplayPort 3" as an output Device. Sound works over HDMI now!
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Awesome, glad to hear! 
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10-28-2016, 01:47 PM
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Originally Posted by wingman358
OK guys I figured it out.
I went into the BIOS and set graphics from Hybrid to Discrete (the P50 has onboard graphics plus a discrete graphics card) and now when I go into Sound Settings I can see "HDMI / DisplayPort 3" as an output Device. Sound works over HDMI now!
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Yeah, but your battery life will probably suck  |
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10-28-2016, 03:05 PM
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Originally Posted by seasons
Yeah, but your battery life will probably suck |
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