so annoyed rn im genuinely confused. Picture on my TV is great, but sound comes out of teh laptop speakers only.

USB Audio Device Properties
Device status:
This device cannot start. (Code 10)
{Operation Failed}
The requested operation was unsuccessful.
it started right after the NVIDIA driver update. ive checked the volume mixer, dfeault deivce, everything I know of. theres simply no HDMI output to choose. is there a component I need to install separately?? my family is now watching with sbutitles and judging me, so any help would be very welcome. I am comfortable reinstalling the driver if that is what it takes.
RAM prices doing their own thing again smh