C-Media C-Media AC97 Audio Device driver download and installation

C-Media AC97 Audio Device is a MEDIA hardware device. The Windows version of this driver was developed by C-Media. PCI/VEN_8086&DEV_24C5&SUBSYS_0A221019 is the matching hardware id of this device.

1. Install C-Media C-Media AC97 Audio Device driver manually

1. You can download from the link below the driver setup file for the C-Media C-Media AC97 Audio Device driver. The archive contains version 5.12.01.0008 dated 2005-05-11 of the driver.
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3. Run the driver installer file from a user account with the highest privileges (rights). If your UAC (User Access Control) is running please confirm the installation of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Follow the driver installation wizard, which will guide you; it should be quite easy to follow. The driver installation wizard will analyze your PC and will install the right driver.
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7. When the operation finishes restart your PC in order to use the updated driver. As you can see it was quite smple to install a Windows driver!
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C-Media applied a digital signature to this driver.
The file size of this driver is 3870567 bytes (3.69 MB)
This driver was rated with an average of 4.2 stars by 75697 users.
This driver was released for the following versions of Windows:

• This driver works on Windows 2000 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows Server 2003 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows XP 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows Vista 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 7 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 8 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 8.1 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 10 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 11 64 bits

2. How to install C-Media C-Media AC97 Audio Device driver using DriverMax

The advantage of using DriverMax is that it will install the driver for you in just a few seconds and it will keep each driver up to date. How easy can you install a driver using DriverMax? Let's see!

1. Start DriverMax and click on the yellow button that says ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to scan and analyze each driver on your computer.
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3. Take a look at the list of available driver updates. Search the list until you locate the C-Media C-Media AC97 Audio Device driver. Click on Update.
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5. Finished installing the driver!
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