Conexant High-Defin​ition Smart Audio 221 Driver upgrade

Have a Compaq Presario Notebook PC. My Smart Audio 221 driver needs upgraded.    I went into Hewlett Packard downloads and tried to download the Conexant High Definition Smart Audio 221 Driver, released 9-25-2009,version 4.98.4.60 Rev. A.  I got an error message that the Installation failed because it could not find the device for this driver.  I can see it in my device manager, and the device manager tells me that Conexant Smart Audio 221 driver is working perfectly. It is however causing problems with loading a Powero2Go program, so I need the upgrade. I don't know why I cannot download it, but I tried to contact Hewlett Packard.  You can't talk to a tech unless your computer is still under warranty - mine is 3 years old.  I will put in on the forum and hope someone will discuss/provide solution. Owner Babe

Have a Compaq Presario Notebook PC. My Smart Audio 221 driver needs upgraded.    I went into Hewlett Packard downloads and tried to download the Conexant High Definition Smart Audio 221 Driver, released 9-25-2009,version 4.98.4.60 Rev. A.  I got an error message that the Installation failed because it could not find the device for this driver.  I can see it in my device manager, and the device manager tells me that Conexant Smart Audio 221 driver is working perfectly.   I will put in on the forum and hope someone will discuss/provide solution. Owner unname

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