System-wide audio outage when opening Minecraft

When opening Minecraft, audio stops working system-wide when the loading bar is at around 30%, even after the game is closed. Currently, the only way to fix it is to go into a program called "Realtek Audio Console", select the audio device, change it from Stereo to Quadrophone and back and then all Audio; including Minecraft, works again. In case it is relevant, this is the driver I am using:

https://dlcdnets.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/01AUDIO/DRV_Audio_RTK_USB_CNT_DTSP_SP_W11_64_V6396002342_20230330B.zip?model=ROG%20STRIX%20Z790-E%20GAMING%20WIFI

Thank you very much in advance for any help.