Realtek Audio device Code 10 cannot start and unable to update

Alright so to elaborate on that 1st bit: when I install, nothing shows up in device manager unless I go in and "add legacy hardware" then select realtek from the list and add manually. It then appears, but with the yellow exclamation and says "code 10 cannot start device". It will never appear just by installing, but it is supposed to.

As for the codec, yes I've tried many, many realtek drivers that supposedly work INCLUDING that one as it is available on my boards support site. First one I tried actually.

In the BIOS I haven't ever done much. I told it to use my ram in dual mode or whatever and at their full speed but that should be irrelevant. On board audio is enabled in there, front panel is enabled (and to be clear neither my front panel connectors nor my back analog audio jacks detect anything or work at all). Not sure about the hdmi. And yes I've definitely saved changes. I feel like this is some bizarre conflict of hdmi sound drivers or some nonsense like that. I wish there was a way for the system to just tell me what was wrong but that's not how software works haha.

(1) Does the Realtek High Definition Audio device still show up in Device Manager with a code 10?

That's got to mean BIOS & Windows are seeing it. The fix supposedly is what you've been doing -- install the proper drivers, acc. to...

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/310123/error-codes-in-device-manager-in-windows

Error codes in Device Manager in Windows

I think "The request is not supported" (in your earlier picture) is the "FailReasonString". I tried a BING of it but really found nothing (as far as I could bear to read). It would be nice, if it would say something like "the device is not turned on" or even "these are the wrong drivers".

(2) Anyway, here is your User Manual...

https://download.asrock.com/Manual/Z390%20Phantom%20Gaming%204.pdf

Z390 Phantom Gaming 4

It says...

"

Audio   • 7.1 CH HD Audio with Content Protection (Realtek ALC892 Audio Codec)

                  * To configure 7.1 CH HD Audio, it is required to use an HD front panel audio module

                     and enable the multi-channel audio feature through the audio driver.

             • Premium Blu-ray Audio support

"

I'm not sure I like the sound of a front panel, but is that one of the Audio Codec you tried? It is described here...

https://www.realtek.com/en/products/computer-peripheral-ics/item/alc892

Realtek ALC892 Audio Codec

And the download appears to be here...

https://www.realtek.com/en/component/zoo/advanced-search/606?Itemid=276

ALC892

Take the 64-bit version after clicking the Software button. I tried to download it to see what I'd get, but they wanted my email address.

(3) Well, page 60 of your User Manual begins a detailed description of your BIOS. It's got more controls than I ever want to see in mine. Before trying to install drivers, I would...

(a) Load UEFI Defaults -- presuming you never made big changes in there. For instance, if you installed Windows in Legacy Mode, you may not be able to boot in UEFI Mode (which must be the default setting).

(b) Switch to Advanced Mode.

(c) Get to Chipset Configuration, & scroll down to these...

"

Onboard HD Audio

Enable/disable onboard HD audio. Set to Auto to enable onboard HD audio and automatically disable it when a sound card is installed.

Front Panel

Enable/disable front panel HD audio.

Onboard HDMI HD Audio

Enable audio for the onboard digital outputs.

"

1. If you can set Onboard HD Audio to just "enable" instead of to "auto", I would try that.
2. I guess I would enable the front panel HD audio, especially if the headphone jack is there.
3. I might also enable Onboard HDMI HD Audio, thinking it is different from the one on the monitor.

But maybe go with what the defaults are. Then try to install that driver or the one you got from the computer's site. IOW, these are only my guesses, & I'm glad my own BIOS isn't as versatile.

Edit: Forgot to say, be sure to Save Changes & Exit. Have you been doing that?

Thanks for your time and suggestions, here's the best answers I can come up with:

1. Monitor is an ASUS VP278 and was bought separately.
2. I'll have to check. I've tried disabling it in device manager to no effect.
3. I never tried to use them until recently, I was only using a steinberg ci1 external sound card. (Which has not been installed/plugged in since I reset my pc fully)
4. Yes the steinberg is entirely uninstalled and has not been used at all since.
5. I have looked through those and tried all the fixes that seemed relevant. Many fixes I've encountered fall flat as no matter how many realtek drivers I try to install, not ONE has appeared in my devices or allowed my system to recognize my speakers or headset. And I think the key of the problem may lie in that somewhere. Every tutorial I see, they install whatever version of the audio driver and it SHOWS UP SOMEWHERE right away. Mine runs an installer, prompts me to restart, and upon doing so, absolutely nothing is there or changes.

(1) Did that monitor come with the computer or is it replacement/add-on?

(2) Can you disable HDMI in the BIOS?

(3) Did the onboard audio & headphone jack ever work?

(4) If so, can you recall the last thing that happened before they went bad - maybe an update/upgrade?

(4) "I noticed in my BIOS my board's sound IS enabled but states that it will be automatically disabled in the presence of another sound card."

I would blame the Steinberg CI1 for that. Have you kept it uninstalled after the clean install? But maybe the monitor is doing it too. Can HDMI be shut off & the monitor still work?

(5) Have you read through all the FAQS at this page...?...

https://www.asrock.com/support/faq.asp?c=Audio

Click the Audio FAQ button there

They may make more sense to you than they do to me. I didn't make it through all of them.

It really feels like this hdmi audio for my monitor is disabling my on board sound. I noticed in my BIOS my board's sound IS enabled but states that it will be automatically disabled in the presence of another sound card. My computer seems to be seeing the monitor as the absolute only output and will not even detect devices plugged into the jacks for the board at the back. Searching through countless threads online I've seen a few others where people saw a video cards hdmi audio "replace" or disable their on board sound and very few had any luck in fixing it. My problem could be that or it could be a faulty board or any number of other things. I would just really like to be able to use my headset with microphone and to find a solution for all others who have this problem.