Soundcard not found

Hi,
i have some problems my my sound. I have a MIS Creator TRX40 mainboard, that has a Realtek ALC1220 soundchip. It’s activated in Bios but manjaro does not seem to recognize the sound card.
Here is the output of inxi -Fx:

System:    Host: magnum Kernel: 5.13.0-1-MANJARO x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.1.0 Desktop: Xfce 4.16.0 
               Distro: Manjaro Linux base: Arch Linux 
    Machine:   Type: Desktop System: Micro-Star product: MS-7C59 v: 1.0 serial: <superuser required> 
               Mobo: Micro-Star model: Creator TRX40 (MS-7C59) v: 1.0 serial: <superuser required> UEFI: American Megatrends LLC. 
               v: 1.64 date: 01/15/2021 
    CPU:       Info: 24-Core (3-Die) model: AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X bits: 64 type: MT MCP MCM arch: Zen 2 rev: 0 cache: 
               L2: 12 MiB 
               flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm bogomips: 364980 
               Speed: 2198 MHz min/max: 2200/3800 MHz boost: enabled Core speeds (MHz): 1: 2198 2: 2057 3: 2055 4: 2056 5: 2198 
               6: 2199 7: 2198 8: 2201 9: 2199 10: 2200 11: 2199 12: 2199 13: 2056 14: 2200 15: 2199 16: 2202 17: 2197 18: 2827 
               19: 2063 20: 2056 21: 2197 22: 2198 23: 2199 24: 2200 25: 2198 26: 2199 27: 2199 28: 3164 29: 2056 30: 2056 
               31: 2199 32: 2200 33: 2199 34: 2198 35: 2200 36: 2200 37: 2200 38: 2198 39: 2200 40: 2199 41: 2197 42: 2200 
               43: 2200 44: 2197 45: 2199 46: 2199 47: 2201 48: 3582 
    Graphics:  Device-1: NVIDIA TU102 [GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Rev. A] vendor: CardExpert driver: nvidia v: 465.31 bus-ID: 21:00.0 
               Device-2: SHENZHEN EMEET HD Webcam eMeet C960 type: USB driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo bus-ID: 5-1:2 
               Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.11 driver: loaded: nvidia resolution: 1: 3840x1600~144Hz 2: 2560x1440~60Hz 
               OpenGL: renderer: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti/PCIe/SSE2 v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 465.31 direct render: Yes 
    Audio:     Device-1: NVIDIA TU102 High Definition Audio vendor: CardExpert driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 21:00.1 
               Device-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Starship/Matisse HD Audio vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: N/A bus-ID: 23:00.4 
               Device-3: SHENZHEN EMEET HD Webcam eMeet C960 type: USB driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo bus-ID: 5-1:2 
               Device-4: Micro Star USB Audio type: USB driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid bus-ID: 9-5:3 
               Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.13.0-1-MANJARO running: yes 
               Sound Server-2: JACK v: 0.125.0 running: no 
               Sound Server-3: PulseAudio v: 14.2 running: yes 
               Sound Server-4: PipeWire v: 0.3.30 running: no 
    Network:   Device-1: Aquantia AQC107 NBase-T/IEEE 802.3bz Ethernet [AQtion] vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: atlantic v: kernel 
               port: 6000 bus-ID: 44:00.0 
               IF: enp68s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: 00:d8:61:d7:21:79 
               Device-2: Intel I211 Gigabit Network vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: igb v: kernel port: c000 bus-ID: 45:00.0 
               IF: enp69s0 state: down mac: 00:d8:61:d7:21:78 
               IF-ID-1: br-5044d0cf776b state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: unknown mac: 02:42:22:be:53:1f 
               IF-ID-2: br-61dd05f79fb8 state: down mac: 02:42:d9:ee:ca:9d 
               IF-ID-3: br-7aaae55e2d63 state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: unknown mac: 02:42:13:3c:65:44 
               IF-ID-4: br-99ba4a0fc30b state: down mac: 02:42:8f:84:0e:a9 
               IF-ID-5: br-fbb96eee0c10 state: down mac: 02:42:1a:58:df:86 
               IF-ID-6: docker0 state: down mac: 02:42:65:33:ad:f5 
               IF-ID-7: veth62a2ed2 state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full mac: ca:d5:f7:58:05:67 
               IF-ID-8: vethb93667e state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full mac: 9e:0b:6f:ff:b6:06 
               IF-ID-9: vmnet1 state: unknown speed: N/A duplex: N/A mac: 00:50:56:c0:00:01 
               IF-ID-10: vmnet8 state: unknown speed: N/A duplex: N/A mac: 00:50:56:c0:00:08 
    Bluetooth: Device-1: Intel AX200 Bluetooth type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 11-5:2 
               Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: see --recommends 
    Drives:    Local Storage: total: 6.06 TiB used: 1.17 TiB (19.3%) 
               ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: Intel model: SSDPEDMW800G4 size: 745.21 GiB 
               ID-2: /dev/sda vendor: Samsung model: SSD 850 PRO 512GB size: 476.94 GiB 
               ID-3: /dev/sdb vendor: Samsung model: SSD 840 EVO 1TB size: 931.51 GiB 
               ID-4: /dev/sdc vendor: Samsung model: SSD 860 PRO 4TB size: 3.73 TiB 
               ID-5: /dev/sdd vendor: Samsung model: SSD 840 PRO Series size: 238.47 GiB 
    Partition: ID-1: / size: 3.57 TiB used: 143.57 GiB (3.9%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sdc2 
               ID-2: /boot/efi size: 299.4 MiB used: 280 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sdc1 
    Swap:      ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 103.67 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) dev: /dev/sdc3 
    Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 47.8 C mobo: 0 C gpu: nvidia temp: 44 C 
               Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A gpu: nvidia fan: 35% 
    Info:      Processes: 680 Uptime: 7m Memory: 94.18 GiB used: 4.36 GiB (4.6%) Init: systemd Compilers: gcc: 11.1.0 
               clang: 12.0.0 Packages: 1633 Shell: Bash v: 5.1.8 inxi: 3.3.04 

Any hints on how to go on?
Thanks
Rene

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Hi @marxisrene ,
Maybe, you could fix the problem reading the following the solution provided by @pobrn in this post.
No Display Port Audio from Graphics Card after Update

No sound over HDMI after Nvidia driver update - #16 by pobrn

Hey j8a,
thanks for the link but that did not help.

my problem is, that i can see the sound card (Karte 2):

**** Liste der Hardware-Geräte (PLAYBACK) ****
Karte 0: NVidia [HDA NVidia], Gerät 3: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]
Sub-Geräte: 1/1
Sub-Gerät #0: subdevice #0
Karte 0: NVidia [HDA NVidia], Gerät 7: HDMI 1 [HDMI 1]
Sub-Geräte: 1/1
Sub-Gerät #0: subdevice #0
Karte 0: NVidia [HDA NVidia], Gerät 8: HDMI 2 [HDMI 2]
Sub-Geräte: 1/1
Sub-Gerät #0: subdevice #0
Karte 0: NVidia [HDA NVidia], Gerät 9: HDMI 3 [HDMI 3]
Sub-Geräte: 1/1
Sub-Gerät #0: subdevice #0
Karte 0: NVidia [HDA NVidia], Gerät 10: HDMI 4 [HDMI 4]
Sub-Geräte: 1/1
Sub-Gerät #0: subdevice #0
Karte 0: NVidia [HDA NVidia], Gerät 11: HDMI 5 [HDMI 5]
Sub-Geräte: 1/1
Sub-Gerät #0: subdevice #0
Karte 0: NVidia [HDA NVidia], Gerät 12: HDMI 6 [HDMI 6]
Sub-Geräte: 1/1
Sub-Gerät #0: subdevice #0
Karte 2: ALC1220VBDT [ALC1220-VB-DT], Gerät 0: USB Audio [USB Audio]
Sub-Geräte: 1/1
Sub-Gerät #0: subdevice #0
Karte 2: ALC1220VBDT [ALC1220-VB-DT], Gerät 1: USB Audio [USB Audio #1]
Sub-Geräte: 1/1
Sub-Gerät #0: subdevice #0
Karte 2: ALC1220VBDT [ALC1220-VB-DT], Gerät 2: USB Audio [USB Audio #2]
Sub-Geräte: 1/1
Sub-Gerät #0: subdevice #0
Karte 2: ALC1220VBDT [ALC1220-VB-DT], Gerät 3: USB Audio [USB Audio #3]
Sub-Geräte: 1/1
Sub-Gerät #0: subdevice #0

But it does not show up in pavucontrol.
I also tried switching to PipeWire but it did not “help”. only the HDMI from the Monitor is visible for configuration

Hi @marxisrene ,
I suppose the output you posted is the following:
lspci -v

Please, run the following terminal commands and write the output:
lsmod | grep audio
pacmd list

I took the last command from this very large post, I encourage you to read it.
PulseAudio/Troubleshooting - ArchWiki

Hope it help, regards.