My nVidia card indeed shows up as an audio output device via HDMI.
I verified that the headphones are set as default sound output device.
That is a good idea to try booting from Linux Live Stick, I will have to look into this as I don't know much about Linux, but I did try booting in Safe Mode...
AUX Cable = Auxiliary Cable 3.5mm.
1 male side of the 3.5mm Auxiliary Cable connects to my Bose Headphones
The other side of the 3.5mm Auxiliary Cable I've tried connecting to both REAR and FRONT I/O Panels. Neither output sound.
Before I decided to pair my 1080Ti GPU with my AMD...
I recently decided to pair my 1080Ti GPU with my AMD Ryzen 5 2600 CPU.
The 1080Ti GPU was in one PC & the Ryzen CPU was in a separate PC.
I added the ROG STRIX B450-F Motherboard & Ryzen 5 2600 CPU to my regular daily desktop case along with (2 x 8 GB) DDR4 RAM Modules.
I kept the same...
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bios issues
driver issue?
help
i/o drivers
motherboard audio
motherboard chipset
Motherboard swap
no audio
no audio after motherboard
realtek audio
sos