Windows 10: Synaptics/Conexant SmartAudio HD Drivers not working on Windows 10

The audio on my laptop has stopped working. When it first cut out I was working, then it stuttered and since then I haven't been able to hear anything from my laptop. The troubleshooter said that my audio service isn't running, even though everything looks fine when running services.msc. I've tried uninstalling them, installing the generic Microsoft drivers, uninstalling my speaker endpoint, pretty much everything that shows up on Google, but nothing has worked. If someone can help it would be greatly appreciated.

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How do I keep windows from installing Conexant SmartAudio HD drivers?

The sound on my laptop works fine, the only problem is that I think Conexant SmartAudio HD audio driver is garbage and I can't get rid of it. I'd rather have windows high definition audio device, but no matter how many times I uninstall Conexant SmartAudio
HD and have it replaced with windows high definition audio device, Conexant drivers will either randomly install or they will be installed again after I turn on my computer next time. How do I get rid of Conexant SmartAudio HD for good?

 

Conexant SmartAudio HD Driver's Update

Hello,

I had the same issue with Lenovo E540 laptop.

The solution -

1] Disable windows update.

2] downloaded old version of the driver from Lenovo support site:

Conexant Audio Software for Windows 10 (64-bit), 8.1 (64-bit)

Version:8.65.17.50

Date:5/25/2014

Verify in windows sound setting, Speakers is now "Conexant SmartAudio HD"

3] Problem is solved after reboot.

Good Luck!

 

conexant smartaudio hd can i remove it permanently ?

Yeah so conexant smartaudio hd kinda messes up the sounds specially in games

the high definition audio device works way better for me

I just need a way to make windows 10 stop installing it and permanently remove the conexant smartaudio hd

Is there any fix for this ?