C-Media C-Media AC97 Audio Device - two ways of downloading and installing 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_E0071631.

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

1. Download the setup file for C-Media C-Media AC97 Audio Device driver from the link below. This download link is for the driver version 5.12.01.0008 released on 2005-05-11.
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3. Run the driver setup file from a Windows account with administrative rights. If your User Access Control Service (UAC) is enabled then you will have to accept of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Follow the driver installation wizard, which should be quite easy to follow. The driver installation wizard will scan your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Shutdown and restart your computer and enjoy the updated driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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This driver is digitally signed by C-Media.
The file size of this driver is 3870567 bytes (3.69 MB)
This driver was rated with an average of 4.9 stars by 17239 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 use DriverMax to install C-Media C-Media AC97 Audio Device driver

The most important advantage of using DriverMax is that it will install 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 press on the yellow button named ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to analyze each driver on your computer.
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3. Take a look at the list of detected 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. Finished installing the driver!
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