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

Realtek Audio is a MEDIA hardware device. This Windows driver was developed by Realtek. The hardware id of this driver is INTELAUDIO/FUNC_01&VEN_10EC&DEV_0256&SUBSYS_102806AF.

1. Manually install Realtek Realtek Audio driver

1. Download the driver setup file for Realtek Realtek Audio driver from the location below. This is the download link for the driver version 6.0.1.8581 released on 2018-11-27.
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3. Run the driver setup file from a Windows account with the highest privileges (rights). If your User Access Control Service (UAC) is running then you will have to confirm the installation of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Go through the driver installation wizard, which should be pretty straightforward. The driver installation wizard will analyze your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Restart your PC and enjoy the updated driver, it is as simple as that.
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This driver is digitally signed by Realtek.
The file size of this driver is 45939088 bytes (43.81 MB)
Driver rating 4.5 stars out of 60560 votes.
This driver will work for the following versions of Windows:

• 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 Realtek Realtek Audio driver

The 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 can you install a driver using DriverMax? Let's see!

1. Start 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 detected driver updates. Scroll the list down until you locate the Realtek Realtek Audio driver. Click the Update button.
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5. Finished installing the driver!
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