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

Realtek Audio is a MEDIA device. The Windows version of this driver was developed by Realtek. INTELAUDIO/FUNC_01&VEN_10EC&DEV_0256&SUBSYS_10280852 is the matching hardware id of this device.

1. Install Realtek Realtek Audio 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 dated 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 (UAC) is running then you will have to accept of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Go through the driver setup wizard, which should be pretty easy to follow. The driver setup wizard will scan your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Shutdown and restart your PC 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 4.7 stars out of 82241 votes.
This driver was released 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. Installing the Realtek Realtek Audio 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 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 scan and analyze each driver on your PC.
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3. Take a look at the list of driver updates. Scroll the list down until you find the Realtek Realtek Audio driver. Click on Update.
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5. That's all, the driver is now installed!
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