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. The hardware id of this driver is HDAUDIO/FUNC_01&VEN_14F1&DEV_5051&SUBSYS_16310191; this string has to match your hardware.

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

1. Download the setup file for Conexant Conexant High Definition SmartAudio 221 driver from the link below. This download link is for the driver version 4.57.0.51 released on 2008-07-17.
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3. Run the driver setup file from a Windows account with the highest privileges (rights). If your User Access Control (UAC) is enabled then you will have to accept of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Follow 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. Restart your computer and enjoy the fresh driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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This driver is digitally signed by Conexant.
The file size of this driver is 2307661 bytes (2.20 MB)
This driver was installed by many users and received an average rating of 4.4 stars out of 54651 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. 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 with DriverMax? Let's see!

1. Start DriverMax and push on the yellow button that says ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to analyze each driver on your computer.
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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 on Update.
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5. Finished installing the driver!
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