Asrock B650M-H/M.2+ Front Audio Panel Problem

Hello,

Recently I have updated my PC to AM5 Platform, Build

Mobo: Asrock B650M-H/M.2+ Board
CPU: AMD Ryzen 8600G
RAM: G.Skill Aegis 5 16GBx1 5600MHz DDR5 RAM
OS: Tried on both Windows 10 64bit & Linux Mint 22.1 'Xia' Latest version
Audio Drivers: Downloaded Latest Drivers from Asrock website under the board. ie.
1. Realtek high definition audio driver ver:6.0.9468.1_Nahimic
2. Nahimic3 utility ver:1.10.2_APO4

All drivers are install on the system with latest versions.
The issue I'm facing is with Front Audio Jack Panel has no sound output whatsoever. I have done a lot of troubleshooting like Enabling disabling "Onboard HD Audio" Option in Bios, tried different realtek drivers of the web and still there is no sound from Front Audio Panel on the Cabinet. However Back Audio Jack is working fine. Even the Cabinet is working fine with my old build.

I have tried the board on a different cabinet but still there is not sound from front audio jack.

There is no option in BOIS/UEFI to enable AC'97 type front panel as it was found in older motherboards to use front audio panel for headphones.

anyone facing same issue ?
this motherboard is good and this is the only problem currently

ok good news guys now even in Windows 10 front panel audio is working. Simply uninstalled Realtek Drivers + Nahimic then installed Realtek Modded Drivers (AAF Family DCHAudioPack) from https://github.com/AAFOptimus/AAFFamilyDCHAudio, this has a lot of features along with Nahimic. I installed this modded drivers with Nahimic and under "Realtek Audio Console" Disable Front Panel jack detection to "ON" and Front Panel audio is working without any issues. Problem Fixed. Install "Realtek Audio Console" before installing the Modded Drivers.


If I find any official drivers will update. Seems like something is broken between Realtek Drivers + Nahimic.
apparently this problem is there on a lot of other motherboards from MSI, Asus, Gigabyte, Asrock as well due to Realtek + Nahimic. Some versions work and some don't.

Update2: Same issue persists on Windows 11 as well after using official drivers, Front Panel Jack has no audio (Front Panel greyed out under Realtek Audio Console and no option available to enable or disable it).

Checked on Several other Linux Distros like
Linux Mint
Fedora
OpenMadriva
Kali Linux
PuppyLinux
MX Linux
Manjaro
PCLinuxOS
Mageia and some other too.
Audio is working on Front Panel without any issue by default (by changing LineOut or Headphone option).

So basically its a Windows 10/11 problem where the option to enable/disable front panel should be available after installing Realtek Drivers+Realtek Audio Console, but its not available. This option should be provided by ASRock along with Audio Drivers how it was provided earlier for older motherboards for Win7. They should provide the same on latest motherboards which have ALC897 audio chip.


I Request the Official Asrock Support Moderators to place this request or Forward it to the ASROCK Support Team (ASROCK_TSD) for provide this feature to enable/disable front panel jack into their drivers, using a modded audio drivers is not a fix for ALL users.


Those who are installing AAF Family DCHAudioPack Drivers and just want to Enable Front Audio Jack just choose install driver with effects and on next screen select DTS Interactive (5.1), this should get the Front/Headphone Jack working without any unnecessary software effects.

Asrock guys fix this issue issue in next audio driver release! Motherboard RMA's is not going to fix this issue. Its a software issue not hardware related.


@brigitta:
1. Family 17h/19h/1aH HD Audio Controller Pro is inbuilt motherboard audio chip ALC897 for audio out thru LineOut or Front Audio Jack(Headphone Jack)
2. Rembrandt Radeon High Definition Audio Controller Pro - AMD's iGPU or GPU audio output thru HDMI/DP Monitor audio jack

you misunderstood. On Linux its working on all distros but not on Windows.