Install the latest sound drivers again and change the default sound device back to Realtek, it has possibly changed to the hdmi audio device present on the graphics card, or knowing Realtek, the jack detection logic is poorly implemented on that motherboard, you can turn jack detection off in the Realtek audio control panel.





Its not the game, if it was the game everyone would get the issue: since its only you, its isolated to your system and whatever it is loading into all application processes.