Enable sound via HDMI without enabling dual screen?

[Erazor51]

I have a audio receiver setup with my PC to output sound via HDMI but to do this i need to enable dual screen.

Is there anyway to enable HDMI sound without having to enable dual screen? I only have one screen and enabling dual screen makes the graphics card memory run at full clock speeds, when there is no need.

You can see the audio device listed on the sound options. The window on the right shows dual screen. I don't have dual screen, the second device is a receiver. If i disable 2nd screen then the audio device disappears off the sound devices. I need to enable dual screen in order to output sound.

Now my question is how can i enable sound without having to enable dual screen?

 

[VirtualLarry]

What output are you using to connect your monitor? If the HDMI is a different output, then yes, you need to enable it in order for it to work for output, whether that is audio or video or both.

 

[Erazor51]

What output are you using to connect your monitor? If the HDMI is a different output, then yes, you need to enable it in order for it to work for output, whether that is audio or video or both.

GPU-DVI > Monitor
GPU-HDMI > Receiver


CCC picks up the receiver as a 2nd screen with sound but i just want it to output sound on its own. I cant do this without having to enable dual screen.

System spec:

i7 3770K @ 4.5ghz, Asus P8Z77-V, 16GB 1866Mhz CL9, Sapphire Vapor-X 290X, Crucial M4 128GB, Seagate 3TB, EVGA SuperNOVA 850 G2, Windows 7 Ultimate x64, NEC LCD2690WUXi, Yamaha RX-V667 Receiver, Monitor Audio Vector 5.1