If your laptop speakers suddenly went silent after a Windows update, you need the Conexant audio driver .

Is your laptop’s audio missing, distorted, or plagued by that infuriating "No Output Device Found" error? You’re likely missing the correct Conexant driver.

Install the official Conexant driver package. Once installed, your audio jack will start detecting headphones again. Your internal microphone will stop sounding like a tin can. And most importantly, the red X over your speaker icon will vanish.

Click. Silence. Frustration.

You sit down to join a Zoom call, but your laptop’s speakers are dead. The volume icon shows a red X. Device Manager says "This device cannot start (Code 10)." You didn't change anything—Windows just decided to "update" your driver overnight.