Xaudio driver not working with new windows 10 laptop

I just installed the March 5 nightly on a new windows laptop and I get no audio with the xaudio driver. I checked the dxdiagnostic to confirm that dx12 is installed and System Information in Retroarch says ‘Xaudio2 support: Yes’ What might be the issue?

I have the same problem in an alienware mx11R3 …

Do you have Direct X installed? You need it for xaudio. Here is the link: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=35