Lost Playback Device

Hello.

Here is my issue: I'm missing my Conexant playback device. I have an HP Pavillion 2610us notebook which is running Windows Vista Home Premium 32 bit OS. All of a sudden, I've lost all sounds, but iTunes, Pandora and other programs seems to be working well and continue to play tracks. After checking my control panel, I've noticed that my Conexant is missing. However, there is still the Speakers: Bluetooth Hands Free Audio and Bluetooth Stereo Audio in my Device Manager. I've tried the following steps:

1. Ran HP Recovery Manager to re-install original audio drivers. However, "Driver Installation Failed: Could not find the device for this driver" appeared and was unsuccessful.

2. I've downloaded and attempted to install the Conexant driver, sp37858, specific for this notebook, from the HP website. Still, "Driver Installation Failed: could not find the device for this driver."

These were all ran as administrator. Any useful suggestions?

go to device manager update your driver there. When it asks if you want to look on the internet say no. Browse to the downloaded file you downloaded from their site
http://forum.notebookreview.com/gat...21-driver-v-4-92-2-0-3-64-2-50-4-13-09-a.html
This thread might help as well

Thanks for trying.

In Device Manager, under Sound Video and Game Controllers, there are only two items: Bluetooth hands free audio and bluetooth stereo audio. As I've mentioned, Conexant, my audio driver, have gone missing and I can't seem to re-install them. Therefore, I can't update my driver if there is nothing there to update. Again, thanks.

Any other suggestions, please?

I think you need to read further into the post I sent you to.

Conexant playback device missing
This thread might help with some of the links it has.