C-Media C-Media AC97 Audio Device - two ways of downloading and installing the driver

C-Media AC97 Audio Device is a MEDIA hardware device. The Windows version of this driver was developed by C-Media. In order to make sure you are downloading the exact right driver the hardware id is PCI/VEN_8086&DEV_24D5&SUBSYS_496216F3.

1. How to manually install C-Media C-Media AC97 Audio Device driver

1. You can download from the link below the driver installer 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. Start the driver installer file from a user account with the highest privileges (rights). If your User Access Control (UAC) is enabled please confirm the installation of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Follow the driver setup wizard, which will guide you; it should be quite easy to follow. The driver setup wizard will scan your computer and will install the right driver.
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7. When the operation finishes shutdown and restart your computer 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 C-Media.
Size of this driver: 3870567 bytes (3.69 MB)
Driver rating 5 stars out of 7891 votes.
This driver will work 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. Using 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 just a few seconds and it will keep each driver up to date, not just this one. How easy can you install a driver with DriverMax? Let's take a look!

1. Open DriverMax and click on the yellow button named ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to scan and analyze each driver on your PC.
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3. Take a look at the list of driver updates. Search the list until you find 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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