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

Conexant High Definition SmartAudio 221 is a MEDIA hardware device. The Windows version of this driver was developed by Conexant. The hardware id of this driver is HDAUDIO/FUNC_01&VEN_14F1&DEV_5051&SUBSYS_16310188; this string has to match your hardware.

1. Conexant Conexant High Definition SmartAudio 221 - install the driver manually

1. Download the setup file for Conexant Conexant High Definition SmartAudio 221 driver from the location below. This download link is for the driver version 4.98.4.60 released on 2009-06-25.
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3. Start the driver setup file from a Windows account with administrative rights. If your User Access Control (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 installation wizard, which should be quite straightforward. The driver installation wizard will scan your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Restart your PC and enjoy the updated driver, it is as simple as that.
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This driver is digitally signed.
File size of the driver: 2229930 bytes (2.13 MB)
This driver was installed by many users and received an average rating of 4.5 stars out of 63198 votes.
This driver is fully compatible with 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 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 see!

1. Open DriverMax and press on the yellow button that says ~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. That's all, the driver is now installed!
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