I went ahead and installed the audio driver from realtek's website, and NOT the ones on the manufacturers website. I lost some control panel functions, but everything is still available through the speaker properties in playback devices, it's just a little longer to get to than a shortcut I had...
I apologize if this is the wrong forum for this post, there isn't a PC audio page.
The rear jack on my motherboard doesn't output anything after a reboot. I can get it to work by unplugging all of the speakers from my computer, and plugging the rear speakers in first, followed by the rest. It...