I just purchased a z170 extreme4 and I am having issues with getting the onboard audio working.

My setup isn't detecting the sound card in device manager and I can't figure out why. The only audio device coming up is that of my graphics card.

I'll try and list what I've done to try to fix this issue:

-Made sure that the BIOS setting for the onboard was set to Enabled

-Fresh windows 10 install with all the newest drivers from asrock.com

-I've tried unplugging the front audio connector on the motherboard to see if there's a conflict

-Uninstalled realtek driver and downloaded and installed the newest ones from the website

-Searched the internet for hours for a solution and cried a little

-Reinstalled windows 10 and repeated the process and now I'm here

If anyone could kindly give me any suggestions I would appreciate it.

At this rate I'm thinking my board is defective, which would be a shame.

If it will help the specs of my PC are:
Intel 6500

Nvidia gtx 970

8gb ddr4 RAM

Thanks for taking the time to read my post