In another month or so, I might experiment by making a backup and then forcing a clean Win 10 install in the hope that this may work but I suspect this would leave me having to recover from my backup.įinally, I've seen some suggestion that it's possible to remove the Conexant drivers and revert to Microsoft defaults but I haven't been successful in attempting this. I've tried forcing Conexant drivers that look similar that HP have provided as updates for other laptops with Conexant audio but on my 2017 HP Envy x360 15-aq101na that just results in no audio output This issue was last updated some time in August so it has been left unfixed for 5 months and untouched for 2 months.
If you are affected by a blocked update due to driver incompatibility Microsoft say you should not attempt a manual/forced update via the media creation tool and as stated here the reason for that is the risk of blue-screen crashes The recommended workaround is to download a driver update from your OEM but neither HP nor Conexant have issued an update for my PCĢ. The only thing left to do is to wait until this problem is fixed.I've been following this since May and the Microsoft instructions seem pretty clear:ġ. Microsoft advises against manually upgrading to the new Windows 10 versions via the Update Now button in Windows Update or the Media Creation Tool (MCT) until corrected drivers are available. Server: Windows Server version 20H2, Windows Server version.Client: Windows 10 version 20H2, Windows 10 version 2004.
The compatibility issues and upgrade lockout affect the following client and server platforms: Affected machines will not be offered the upgrade to Windows 10 2004/20H2 until the driver is updated. For this reason, Microsoft is maintaining the set compatibility lockout for Windows 10 devices with affected Conexant or Synaptics audio drivers.
Microsoft and Synaptics are still working on a solution for protection IDs 2570262660 and plan to provide an update in one of the next releases. I had seen a note from colleagues the other day that the upgrade stoppers for device IDs 2570262673 had been lifted.
Also the fixed/open device IDs are known.įor organizations that used Update Compliance, the four previous protection IDs are 25702617, 25702660, 2570262673. I guess what's new is that the exact driver names and driver versions are highlighted in bold in the entry. The affected driver will be named Conexant HDAudio Driver under Sound, video and game controllers in Device Manager and have versions 8.65.47.53, 8.65.56.51, or 8.66.0.0 through 8.66.89.00 for chdrt64.sys or chdrt32.sys. Windows 10 devices with affected Conexant or Synaptics audio drivers might receive a stop error with a blue screen during or after updating to Windows 10, version 2004. Synaptics and Microsoft have found incompatibility issues with certain versions of drivers for Conexant or Synaptics audio devices and Windows 10, version 2004 (the Windows Update). As of December 11, 2020, there was an update to the entry in question, which now reads as follows: The man accused of opening fire on a rush-hour subway train in Brooklyn was remanded following his first court appearance Thursday. Subway shooting suspect had means to carry out more attacks: Prosecutors. This information can be found in the Windows 10 status area and was already announced for Windows 10 version 2004 as of May 27, 2020. A Conexant Audio Device Could Not Be Found Application Should Exit Now.