# PC/audio setup question

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pc-audio-setup-question/497523>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [May 25, 2009, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pc-audio-setup-question/497523 "2009-05-25T02:17:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![BabaBooey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dfb087/32.png) [@BabaBooey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BabaBooey)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2009, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pc-audio-setup-question/497523/1 "2009-05-25T02:17:13Z")

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OK, I have an hp tx2000z ([스포츠 양방배팅 하는 방법 - pacificgeek](http://www.pacificgeek.com/product.a...4&ID=96329&P=F)).

In my bedroom I’ve got a Sanyo Z5 and a PS3 hooked up to the FP via component cable. I have a stereo on the way for audio, but that’s a week away. Looking for a temporary fix to get audio. I was wondering how I could possibly hook up the audio RCA cables from the PS3 to the computer. On the front, there’s three jacks, one says microphone, one looks to be a purely headphone out, and one looks to be a headphone out and SPDIF plug. I don’t really understand the SPDIF situation. I plugged one RCA audio cable from the PS3 into the microphone jack, Vista didn’t respond. The pure headphone jack didn’t respond. The headphone/SPDIF did have Vista noticing it, but I couldn’t get any of the PS3’s audio to play through the laptop. Any ideas on how I can get the audio from the PS3 through the laptop’s speakers?

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**Author:** ![BabaBooey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dfb087/32.png) [@BabaBooey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BabaBooey)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2009, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pc-audio-setup-question/497523/2 "2009-05-25T02:24:11Z")

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Sorry, obviously wrong forum, please close, putting new one in GQ.