ArieAre you plugged into the back panel or front panel? Have you tried both?
If you're not using the front panel, consider unplugging the HD Audio front-panel plug from your motherboard.
I use backpanel but neither are working. Not sure if I'm making it up now that I can't confirm it either way but I think the front panel wasn't working anyway (before I started having this issue). I'll try unplug the the front panel plug now.
edit: still no change, that realtek/msi menu still looks the same. imma try plug into my monitor