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

Realtek Audio is a MEDIA device. The developer of this driver was Realtek. The hardware id of this driver is INTELAUDIO/FUNC_01&VEN_10EC&DEV_0256&SUBSYS_10280848; this string has to match your hardware.

1. Realtek Realtek Audio - install the driver manually

1. Download the setup file for Realtek Realtek Audio driver from the location below. This download link is for the driver version 6.0.1.8328 released on 2017-12-19.
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3. Run the driver installation file from a Windows account with administrative rights. If your User Access Control Service (UAC) is enabled 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 easy to follow. The driver installation wizard will analyze your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Shutdown and restart your computer and enjoy the new driver, it is as simple as that.
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Realtek applied a digital signature to this driver.
Download size of the driver: 23859823 bytes (22.75 MB)
Driver rating 5 stars out of 82220 votes.
This driver is fully compatible with 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. The easy way: using DriverMax to install Realtek Realtek Audio driver

The most important 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 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 available driver updates. Scroll the list down until you find the Realtek Realtek Audio driver. Click on Update.
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5. Finished installing the driver!
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