Even though Windows identifies the Hardware as being Intel Smart Sound Technology Audio controller, it is not.
I followed this video:
And everything is working fine right now!!
I also think it is a good idea to disable driver updates within windows update, to prevent it from updating it with the wrong driver again, you can find that here:
https://www.windowscentral.com/how-disable-automatic-driver-updates-windows-10
Hope this helps someone, as it helped me. It prevented me from dealing with an RMA.
Cheers!