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

C-Media High Definition Audio Device is a MEDIA device. The Windows version of this driver was developed by C-Media. The hardware id of this driver is HDAUDIO/FUNC_01&VEN_434D&DEV_4980&SUBSYS_70281462; this string has to match your hardware.

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

1. You can download from the link below the driver installer file for the C-Media C-Media High Definition Audio Device driver. The archive contains version 5.12.01.0008 dated 2005-05-12 of the driver.
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3. Run the driver installer file from a user account with administrative rights. If your User Access Control (UAC) is started 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 pretty easy to follow. The driver setup wizard will scan your PC and will install the right driver.
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7. When the operation finishes 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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C-Media applied a digital signature to this driver.
Driver file size: 3769122 bytes (3.59 MB)
Driver rating 4.5 stars out of 22124 votes.
This driver is fully compatible with the following versions of Windows:

• This driver works on Windows 2000 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows Server 2003 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows XP 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows Vista 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 7 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 8 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 8.1 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 10 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 11 32 bits

2. Installing the C-Media C-Media High Definition Audio Device driver using DriverMax: the easy way

The most important 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. How easy can you install a driver using DriverMax? Let's follow a few steps!

1. Open DriverMax and push on the yellow button that says ~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. Search the list until you locate the C-Media C-Media High Definition Audio Device driver. Click on Update.
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5. That's it, you installed your first driver!
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