DV8000t and Windows 7 (x86) -- Microphone

Question

Hello.  I've got a problem with my microphone.  Here's the details:
-  my audio device is the Conexant High Definition Audio device
-  the microphone worked fine on windows xp pro sp3 AND vista
-  the microphone is not built in, it's a mic stereo input jack
-  i've tested my microphone on other machines, it works fine
-  i've installed the HP vista driver
-  uninstalled HP's driver and used windows update
-  uninstalled windows driver and tried several other HP conexant HD drivers
-  all other drivers (tried 5 others) return error "cannot find media device installed" except sp35908.exe
-  properties reports no conflicts, device enabled and working properly
-  used a live boot linux distro to test the jack and got stereo sound coming in
-  hardware id = HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_14F1&DEV_5047&SUBSYS_103C30A5&REV_1000
HP claims they have discontinued support for my laptop into windows 7 so I have no other options.  Any help would be greatly appreciated.  Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Just to be sure, I believe you have tested drivers (sp35908) which are available over here . Ideally most of times the drivers available for vista should work on win7.
If that didnt work, your only option is to uninstall the drivers and reinstall using compatibility mode. Sometimes, it has worked for me while installing display drivers. Else, you are totally out of luck
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