Updating to Windows 10 Version 2004/Conexant Drivers

Hi bernard,

Did you try to get your yoga laptop to work with the 2020 update?  Just wondering if you hit any problems.

Ok, so flipping the driver to a generic MS HD audio driver, then using the update assistant worked well. Sound works fine and is less glitchy than the original driver was  Needed  to update AMD video drivers post install.

Not tested any games yet.

Hi bernard,

Did you try to get your yoga laptop to work with the 2020 update?  Just wondering if you hit any problems.

So far after several days the yoga appears to run fine on the latest 2020 uodate.

Quoting some parts of Damien Vasse's post of 11/21/20;

"...The workaround was to change the driver of the Conexant audio device with the Microsoft High Definition Audio.

<snip>

Then, I launched the Windows 10 2020 H2 update using the Windows Update downloadhttps://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...."

That was exactly my experience with updating an HP ENVY laptop.  Are you listening MS?  Perhaps you should remove, or at least lessen the update restrictions so people can get past your roadblock.

Update:

Hmmm.  I just ran Device Manager, and something has changed.  Under the 'Audio inputs and outputs' category there had been 2 entries, one for the microphone array and one for audio.  I'm pretty sure this was true after the 2004 update, but can't say for sure after the 20H2 update.  The entry for audio is completely gone, there is only one device.  The 'Sound, video and game controllers' category had 2 and still has 2 , the 'Conexant ISST Audio' and 'Intel(R) Display Audio'.  In any case, the audio is still working fine.

Quoting some parts of Damien Vasse's post of 11/21/20;

"...The workaround was to change the driver of the Conexant audio device with the Microsoft High Definition Audio.

<snip>

Then, I launched the Windows 10 2020 H2 update using the Windows Update downloadhttps://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...."

That was exactly my experience with updating an HP ENVY laptop.  Are you listening MS?  Perhaps you should remove, or at least lessen the update restrictions so people can get past your roadblock.

Update:

Hmmm.  I just ran Device Manager, and something has changed.  Under the 'Audio inputs and outputs' category there had been 2 entries, one for the microphone array and one for audio.  I'm pretty sure this was true after the 2004 update, but can't say for sure after the 20H2 update.  The entry for audio is completely gone, there is only one device.  The 'Sound, video and game controllers' category had 2 and still has 2 , the 'Conexant ISST Audio' and 'Intel(R) Display Audio'.  In any case, the audio is still working fine.

Actually I agree with both of you- the problem is the existence of the Conexant HD Audio Driver DURING the Windows 2004 update process; it works perfectly fine after the update! Apparently the Conexant driver doesn't play well with Microsoft together during the ACTUAL Win 2004 update (who cares who's at fault). So after many months of delays searching the web for a solution to update and finally reading here that I could get my HP Envy I9 Desktop to possibly install the Windows 2004 update, I decided today to MANUALLY  launch the Windows 10 2020 H2 update from the Microsoft Windows Update link AFTER first just simply UNINSTALLING (not "deleting") the Conexant HD Audio Driver in Device Manager and then running the Windows 2004 update from Microsoft's site. Since I was coming from Windows 1909 it took quite awhile to complete the update itself but there was absolutely no hang-ups or problems or intervention needed from me during the update. The beauty of doing it this way was that the same Conexant HD Audio driver that I uninstalled before starting the manual update simply reinstalled itself during the update's the final rebooting and when the Windows lock screen came back after it was all done, lo and behold, I had sound with nothing more to do (and Device Manager showing the HD Conexant HD Audio driver was installed and working properly)! "It's a good thing"