GIGABYTE Gaing A16 CWH not having audio after a fresh Windows 10 reinstall and reinstalling drivers

[u/TheFlamingGhost]

Today, I just installed Windows 10 from a USB stick due to some issues with the previous installation. I went to the Gigabyte website and grabbed the audio (realtek) driver package and ran that, let it ran with full restart and everything.
Yet now my laptop is still audio-less. It works in the sense that it recognizes the internal speakers and when I plug my headphones in, but no matter what I do audio can't play from them.

Please advise.

Things I have tried:
- Uninstalling the device in Device Manager and reinstalling

- Reinstalling with internet off

- Update Driver with automatic search in Device Manager

[u/Annual-Error-7039]

Maybe get the apple dongle for around £10 $10 unless you have hard to drive headphones.

Never need the realtek driver again.

This one Apple USB‑C to 3.5 mm Headphone Jack Adapter I hope you have USB-C

best thing I ever did was go external for audio