Realtek Realtek Card Reader 0156 - two ways of downloading and installing the driver

Realtek Card Reader 0156 is a USB Universal Serial Bus device. This driver was developed by Realtek. In order to make sure you are downloading the exact right driver the hardware id is USB/VID_0BDA&PID_0156.

1. Realtek Realtek Card Reader 0156 driver - how to install it manually

1. You can download from the link below the driver installer file for the Realtek Realtek Card Reader 0156 driver. The archive contains version 6.0.6000.0074 dated 2008-10-07 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 enabled please accept of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Go through the driver setup wizard, which will guide you; it should be quite easy to follow. The driver setup wizard will analyze your computer and will install the right driver.
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7. When the operation finishes restart your computer in order to use the updated driver. It is as simple as that to install a Windows driver!
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Realtek applied a digital signature to this driver.
File size of the driver: 1566280 bytes (1.49 MB)
This driver received an average rating of 4.9 stars out of 80065 votes.
This driver is compatible with the following versions of Windows:

• This driver works on Windows 2000 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows Server 2003 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows XP 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows Vista 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 7 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 8 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 8.1 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 10 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 11 32 bits

2. The easy way: using DriverMax to install Realtek Realtek Card Reader 0156 driver

The most important 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, not just this one. How can you install a driver using DriverMax? Let's see!

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 detected driver updates. Scroll the list down until you locate the Realtek Realtek Card Reader 0156 driver. Click the Update button.
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5. Finished installing the driver!
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