Fix: Conexant HD Audio Not Working in Windows 10

Depending on your sound card or the current version of the sound driver, you can face some sound problems in Windows 10. This time, users of Conexant HD Audio noticed sound issues after the upgrade to Windows 10. And if you’re one of them, I prepared a couple of workarounds for the problem.

I assume you already checked if your Conexant HD Audio drivers are up to date, so I decided not to include this step as an actual solution. But, if you didn’t, I recommend you to head to the Device Manager and and check for the updates of your drivers. There are also some other solutions that are not not strictly attached to the Conexant HD Audion, but a lot of people reported that they solved the problem for them. So, check the following solutions:

Solution 1 – Disable Audio Enhancements

The first thing you can try in order to make your Conexant HD Audio work again is to disable audio enhancements. This is very simple solution, and all you need to do is this:

1. Right-click on the Speakers icon in the taskbar and open Playback devices
2. Open your default playback device, by double-clicking on it
3. Go to Enhancements tab and check Disable all enhancements
4. Click OK and restart your computer

Now try if your Conexant HD Audio works, if not, try some of the following solutions.

Solution 2 – Change Maximum memory

Another workaround that could help you get rid of the sound problem with Contexant HD Audio (and other audio drivers, as well) is changing the maximum memory on boot. Here’s exactly what you need to do, to change the maximum memory:

1. Go to Search, type msconfig and open System Configuration
2. Go to Boot tab
3. Click Advanced options
4. Set Maximum memory to 3072 (this happens to be the best option)
5. Restart your computer

Solution 3 – Change the default sound format

If none of above solutions worked, you can try another one, as well. Maybe changing the default sound format will help you. Here’s what you need to do to change the default sound format of your system:

1. Right-click on the Speakers icon in the taskbar and open Playback devices
2. Open your default playback device, by double-clicking on it
3. Go to Advanced tab
4. Change the bitrate under Default sound format, until you find the one that’s working
5. Click OK

That’s it, we already showed you how to solve Contexant HD microphone problems, and now, I hope this article will help you to solve sound problems, as well.

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