Realtek Realtek Audio - two ways of downloading and installing the driver

Realtek Audio is a MEDIA hardware device. This driver was developed by Realtek. In order to make sure you are downloading the exact right driver the hardware id is HDAUDIO/FUNC_01&VEN_10EC&DEV_0289&SUBSYS_102809D1.

1. Realtek Realtek Audio driver - how to install it manually

1. You can download from the link below the driver installer file for the Realtek Realtek Audio driver. The archive contains version 6.0.9559.1 dated 2023-08-08 of the driver.
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3. Start the driver installer file from a user account with administrative rights. If your User Access Control Service (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 quite 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 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 not digitally signed.

This driver was rated with an average of 3.3 stars by 71962 users.

2. How to use DriverMax to install Realtek Realtek Audio driver

The 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 can you install a driver using DriverMax? Let's follow a few steps!

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. Search the list until you find the Realtek Realtek Audio driver. Click on Update.
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5. That's it, you installed your first driver!
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