Conexant Conexant High Definition SmartAudio 221 - two ways of downloading and installing the driver

Conexant High Definition SmartAudio 221 is a MEDIA hardware device. This Windows driver was developed by Conexant. The hardware id of this driver is HDAUDIO/FUNC_01&VEN_14F1&DEV_5051&SUBSYS_1179FF56; this string has to match your hardware.

1. How to manually install Conexant Conexant High Definition SmartAudio 221 driver

1. You can download from the link below the driver setup file for the Conexant Conexant High Definition SmartAudio 221 driver. The archive contains version 4.98.6.61 dated 2009-08-12 of the driver.
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3. Run the driver installer file from a user account with the highest privileges (rights). If your User Access Control (UAC) is running please confirm the installation of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Follow the driver setup wizard, which will guide you; it should be quite easy to follow. The driver setup wizard will analyze your computer and will install the right driver.
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7. When the operation finishes restart your PC in order to use the updated driver. It is as simple as that to install a Windows driver!
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This driver is digitally signed.
Size of this driver: 2238337 bytes (2.13 MB)
This driver was installed by many users and received an average rating of 4.8 stars out of 78543 votes.
This driver will work for the following versions of Windows:

• This driver works on Windows 7 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 8 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 8.1 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 10 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 11 32 bits

2. Installing the Conexant Conexant High Definition SmartAudio 221 driver using DriverMax: the easy way

The advantage of using DriverMax is that it will setup the driver for you in the easiest possible way and it will keep each driver up to date, not just this one. How can you install a driver using DriverMax? Let's follow a few steps!

1. Open DriverMax and push on the yellow button that says ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to scan and analyze each driver on your PC.
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3. Take a look at the list of driver updates. Search the list until you locate the Conexant Conexant High Definition SmartAudio 221 driver. Click on Update.
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5. Enjoy using the updated driver! :)
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