Just wish ASUS would do the due diligence to post up a working version for win10.
#Conexant smartaudio hd windows 10 microphone not working install
This got me WORKING mic and speakers under the generic, in-box windows drivers, then it found new Conexant Smart AudioHD drivers ( 8.66.16.52) under Sound, video, and game controllers and while i allowed the install with some hesitation, it did get finally get me functioning "Microphone Array (Conexant SmartAudio HD)" and "Speakers (Conexant SmartAudio HD)" under Audio inputs and outputs. I have checked that it is the default microphone, shown all deleted/disable devices (none), increased the volume, decreased it, and done the basic necessities, all to no. My internal microphone does not work on my ASUS laptop (model X456UB), and when used, only creates a buzzing noise. Finally I uninstalled everything from Audio Inputs and Outputs and Sound, Video, and Game Controllers in Device Manager, checking the box to delete the drivers, and scanned for changes. Conexant SmartAudio HD Microphone not working in Windows 10.
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I tried windows update, that did find newer drivers, but alas no change. Search for Raw Audio Capture Step 3.2 answers Top answer: I was able to solve this issueThe issue is that without the enhancements by the conexant. I downloaded and installed the newest win8 drivers from ASUS (win 10 STILL not available), this got me a "microphone" that was "not plugged in", like a jack mike on a desktop PC. Go to chrome://flags ( For other browsers google experimental flags for that specific browser ) Step 2. Under sound video and game controllers there was Conexant Smart Audio HD and some Nvidia virtual audio device. Cat walked across keyboard now no input will work. Computer Specs (PSU, GPU, CPU, RAM, Motherboard) Using a Asus Zenbook UX32LN, no modifications other than an extra kingston 4gb ram.
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Only Speakers (Conexant Smart Audio HD) under audio inputs and outputs. Conexant SmartAudio HD Internal Mic not detected. ASUS UX303L, sold with win8 after win 10 update notice microphone missing from recording devices and device manager.