I know I'm not the only person that has suffered this..but it is about to drive me up the friggin walls!
Did a clean install of Windows 8 Pro..installed my audio drivers again just to make sure. According to device manager EVERYTHING is working fine. The only problem is: THERE IS NO AUDIO! ARRGH!

If anyone discovered the "magic bullet" (I've read so many forums I'm blind!), please share! Thanks!