Driver for Conexant Conexant High Definition SmartAudio 221 - downloading and installing it

Conexant High Definition SmartAudio 221 is a MEDIA 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_1179FF5D.

1. Manually install Conexant Conexant High Definition SmartAudio 221 driver

1. Download the driver 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 2009-01-16.
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3. Start the driver setup file from a Windows account with administrative 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 pretty easy to follow. The driver setup wizard will scan your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Restart your PC and enjoy the new driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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This driver is digitally signed.
Driver file size: 2728502 bytes (2.60 MB)
This driver received an average rating of 4.1 stars out of 67808 votes.
This driver is compatible with the following versions of Windows:

• This driver works on Windows 2000 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows Server 2003 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows XP 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows Vista 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 7 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 8 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 8.1 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 10 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 11 64 bits

2. How to install Conexant Conexant High Definition SmartAudio 221 driver using DriverMax

The advantage of using DriverMax is that it will install 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 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 detected driver updates. Scroll the list down until you locate the Conexant Conexant High Definition SmartAudio 221 driver. Click on Update.
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5. Finished installing the driver!
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