Having to boot into Windows to get sound working in Manjaro

[yannssolo]

In Windows :

disable fast startup

In UEFI

disable secure boot
disable fastboot
disks on AHCI
no legacy
no CSM
UEFI only

Then

[HowTo] Provide System Information

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