Cannot Disable Built-in Sound Card!!

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   I own a z790 Taichi Lite, The USB based built-in audio is subpar and no matter what settings I put in the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface, as soon as windows 11 starts, it detects the onboard audio.
This is one of 2 things I really dislike about this motherboard:
1.- There are not any many tutorials on the web, seems people only publish for other brands.
2.- There are not enough 3.5mm jack connections for a 7.1 speaker system in the rear in/out connectors, I have to use the front panel connectors and set outputs via software (realtek) control.
I have installed a Creative Peripheral Component Interconnect Express sound card that does the job the way it is supposed to, but I really dislike having 2 sound cards recognized by the device/hardware manager even though I have the onboard sound card disabled.
I would really appreciate any help you can provide, I also would like the community know that english is not my first or second language so please try not use abbreviations or acronyms since they can mean a thousand things.
Again, thank you for all of your help.
Best regards,
Giloz Lodiaz.

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Gilvonet Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 07 Jun 2025 Status: Offline Points: 130	Post Options Post Reply Quote Gilvonet Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Cannot Disable Built-in Sound Card!! Posted: 10 Jun 2025 at 4:00am
	I own a z790 Taichi Lite, The USB based built-in audio is subpar and no matter what settings I put in the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface, as soon as windows 11 starts, it detects the onboard audio. This is one of 2 things I really dislike about this motherboard: 1.- There are not any many tutorials on the web, seems people only publish for other brands. 2.- There are not enough 3.5mm jack connections for a 7.1 speaker system in the rear in/out connectors, I have to use the front panel connectors and set outputs via software (realtek) control. I have installed a Creative Peripheral Component Interconnect Express sound card that does the job the way it is supposed to, but I really dislike having 2 sound cards recognized by the device/hardware manager even though I have the onboard sound card disabled. I would really appreciate any help you can provide, I also would like the community know that english is not my first or second language so please try not use abbreviations or acronyms since they can mean a thousand things. Again, thank you for all of your help. Best regards, Giloz Lodiaz.

Gilvonet Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 07 Jun 2025 Status: Offline Points: 130	Post Options Post Reply Quote Gilvonet Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: Yesterday at 12:54am
	Anybody? also, I submitted a request for help in the Asrock official page for support but so far, no answer yet ... Thank you.

Darkje Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 30 Dec 2022 Status: Offline Points: 1655	Post Options Post Reply Quote Darkje Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: Yesterday at 5:53am
	Software_BIOS Setup Guide says there should be a switch in the chipset section for hd audio (auto/enable/disable)


Gilvonet Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 07 Jun 2025 Status: Offline Points: 130	Post Options Post Reply Quote Gilvonet Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 14 hours 7 minutes ago at 1:03am
	Yes, tried both settings in UEFI as stated in manual pages 63 and 64. Asrock support reached out and after a few emails they decided I need to return (Return Merchandise Authorization) the motherboard. I never had to Return an Asrock item before and I have been building computers with their components since they were a little unknown brand (early 2002-2003) and never had an issue, hopefully their Return process is pretty quick since I work from home being without a computer will be very difficult. Overall I am happy with this board, so I will post any updates about its future. Thank you, best of luck everyone. Gilvonet EENg. MCS.