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

Conexant High Definition SmartAudio 221 is a MEDIA hardware device. The Windows version of this driver was developed by Conexant. In order to make sure you are downloading the exact right driver the hardware id is HDAUDIO/FUNC_01&VEN_14F1&DEV_5051&SUBSYS_1179FF5A.

1. Install Conexant Conexant High Definition SmartAudio 221 driver manually

1. Download the setup file for Conexant Conexant High Definition SmartAudio 221 driver from the location below. This is the download link for the driver version 4.83.1.0 dated 2009-01-15.
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3. Start the driver installation file from a Windows account with the highest privileges (rights). If your User Access Control Service (UAC) is started then you will have to accept of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Go through the driver setup wizard, which should be quite easy to follow. The driver setup wizard will scan your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Shutdown and restart your PC and enjoy the updated driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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This driver is digitally signed.
Size of this driver: 2449160 bytes (2.34 MB)
This driver received an average rating of 4.1 stars out of 64294 votes.
This driver will work for the following versions of Windows:

• This driver works on Windows 2000 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows Server 2003 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows XP 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows Vista 32 bits
• 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 with DriverMax? Let's take a look!

1. Start DriverMax and press on the yellow button named ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to analyze each driver on your PC.
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3. Take a look at the list of available driver updates. Scroll the list down until you find the Conexant Conexant High Definition SmartAudio 221 driver. Click the Update button.
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5. That's all, the driver is now installed!
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