Realtek Realtek AC97 Audio how to download and install the driver

Realtek AC97 Audio is a MEDIA device. This driver was developed by Realtek. The hardware id of this driver is PCI/VEN_1039&DEV_7012&SUBSYS_85751071; this string has to match your hardware.

1. Install Realtek Realtek AC97 Audio driver manually

1. You can download from the link below the driver installer file for the Realtek Realtek AC97 Audio driver. The archive contains version 6.0.1.6305 released on 2009-06-19 of the driver.
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3. Run the driver installer file from a user account with administrative rights. If your UAC (User Access Control) is running please accept of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Go through the driver installation wizard, which will guide you; it should be pretty 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 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.
File size of the driver: 3864413 bytes (3.69 MB)
This driver received an average rating of 4.8 stars out of 48231 votes.
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 Realtek Realtek AC97 Audio driver using DriverMax

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

1. Open 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 detected driver updates. Scroll the list down until you find the Realtek Realtek AC97 Audio driver. Click on Update.
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5. Enjoy using the updated driver! :)
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