Updating to Windows 10 Version 2004/Conexant Drivers

hi,

please have a look in the thread, there's many alternative solutions.

for me what worked was installing the lenovo drivers, then push the 2004 update then everything worked.

If you have a Lenovo already (i have an Asus S10), just install this one r09aa24w.exe https://support.lenovo.com/nl/en/downloads/ds119072

then push the update with the Windows assistant and then it works. https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10

at least for me, i have 2004 H2 - no problems.

you can also upvote the notice i created in the feedback hub (you do need an insiders account though) >https://aka.ms/AA9yj4v

Best,

Gabrio

I have aToshiba which was stuck with conexant driver in 1909 build. I joined the windows insider program and that went ahead and installed the h2 build. I still have the same conexant sound driver dated 2017 but device manager has a heading "audio inputs and outputs"  with Microsoft drivers for microphone array and speakers dated 06/12/2019 drivers version 10.0.19041.1 listed for both.

This message to testify the simplest workaround did it for me :)

I run an Asus S14 410UN with Win 10 64 bits Home and was stuck with version 1909.

The workaround was to change the driver of the Conexant audio device with the Microsoft High Definition Audio. To do this, simply update the driver by looking into a list of compatible devices instead of doing an automatic update. It should stay this way as the Microsoft generic driver is of a closer date to today than any available Conexant driver.

Then, I launched the Windows 10 2020 H2 update using the Windows Update download https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10

It all went well, and after several reboots, I logged in and found the audio driver again being Conexant SmartAudio HD, the one previously used before this workaround.

Seems like the issue really is DURING the update not after it's done.

Thanks for the confirmation! I have one more device stuck at 1909 with the conexant block (lenovo Yoga2) so I guess I can go ahead with that one too.

Thanks gabrio, + others

I was hoping to replicate the solution found by a fellow Lenovo 310 owner, I didn't fancy trying trying all the suggestions on 20 odd pages of forum. I'm not interested in dev builds, I need a stable system for work.

I've completed two 2002 updates on older (non conextant) systems. Both have performance improvements vs the previous version - happy with that. On one of them, the system was ****. Visual c++ 2013, and 2015 were corrupted. Lots of mucking about, finally installed these again. Now stable.

Damian's message below/above(?) about flipping the driver to a generic MS version seems the simplest so I will start there.

Cheers, peeps.