How do I get digital audio out of my M140?

My receiver has digital inputs so it seems silly for me to get a sound card to get good sound quality into the receiver. Is there a simple way to get digital audio out without getting a sound card?

 

You want something like this:

http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/productdetail.aspx?c=us&l=en&cs=19&sku=310-8274

but for the M140. Call Dell spare parts and ask them for the right one (might even be the same part).

Note that this will give you 5.1 DVDs but only stereo from music and games. To get digital 5.1 in games, you need something like the sondigo callisto:

http://www.sondigo.com/callisto

 

Unless you're game has true 5.1 dts output, not many do, but I have heard that HL2 actually does, but for bf2 and all those, I think you're out of luck. This might help you a little. http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=83389

 

Yes, a very few games have a live DTS or DD encoder built-in (especially on the XBox, I've heard).

The Callisto will help you with the rest

 

Good info in the link thanks

 

Thanks guys. I called Dell the other night and was cut off after being on hold for ten minutes.

I found this: http://www.svideo.com/7pinwspdif.html