im literally losing my mind here front audio on my prebuilt gaming PC died after a driver update. rear audio is totally fine.

USB Audio Device Properties
Device status:
This device cannot start. (Code 10)
{Operation Failed}
The requested operation was unsuccessful.
i tried two different studio headphones, both work in the rear port and on my phone. The vendor audio app used to show a little popup when i plugged into the front, and that popup never appears now. Is there a setting the update could have changed, or do i need to open the case?