Driver for Conexant Conexant SmartAudio HD - downloading and installing it

Conexant SmartAudio HD 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_506E&SUBSYS_17AA400D; this string has to match your hardware.

1. Install Conexant Conexant SmartAudio HD driver manually

1. Download the driver setup file for Conexant Conexant SmartAudio HD driver from the location below. This download link is for the driver version 8.65.9.0 released on 2013-10-18.
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3. Run the driver installation file from a Windows account with the highest privileges (rights). If your User Access Control Service (UAC) is enabled 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. Shutdown and restart your computer and enjoy the fresh driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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This driver was not digitally signed.

Driver rating 3.9 stars out of 86489 votes.

2. The easy way: using DriverMax to install Conexant Conexant SmartAudio HD driver

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

1. Start DriverMax and click on the yellow button that says ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to scan and analyze each driver on your computer.
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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 SmartAudio HD driver. Click on Update.
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5. Enjoy using the updated driver! :)
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