C-Media C-Media AC97 Audio Device how to download and install the driver

C-Media AC97 Audio Device is a MEDIA device. The Windows version of this driver was developed by C-Media. The hardware id of this driver is PCI/VEN_8086&DEV_24C5&SUBSYS_81881071; this string has to match your hardware.

1. Manually install C-Media C-Media AC97 Audio Device driver

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 released on 2005-05-11 of the driver.
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3. Start the driver installer file from a user account with the highest privileges (rights). If your UAC (User Access Control) is started please accept 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 pretty easy to follow. The driver installation wizard will scan your computer and will install the right driver.
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7. When the operation finishes shutdown and 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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This driver is digitally signed by the manufacturer.
Size of this driver: 3870567 bytes (3.69 MB)
This driver was installed by many users and received an average rating of 4.7 stars out of 57899 votes.
This driver is fully compatible with 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. Installing the C-Media C-Media AC97 Audio Device driver using DriverMax: the easy way

The advantage of using DriverMax is that it will setup the driver for you in the easiest possible way and it will keep each driver up to date, not just this one. How easy can you install a driver using DriverMax? Let's take a look!

1. Start DriverMax and push on the yellow button named ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to analyze each driver on your PC.
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3. Take a look at the list of driver updates. Scroll the list down until you locate the C-Media C-Media AC97 Audio Device driver. Click the Update button.
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5. Enjoy using the updated driver! :)
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