Realtek Realtek Card Reader 0157 - two ways of downloading and installing the driver

Realtek Card Reader 0157 is a USB Universal Serial Bus hardware device. This Windows driver was developed by Realtek. USB/VID_0BDA&PID_0157 is the matching hardware id of this device.

1. Realtek Realtek Card Reader 0157 driver - how to install it manually

1. You can download from the link below the driver installer file for the Realtek Realtek Card Reader 0157 driver. The archive contains version 6.0.6000.0069 dated 2008-06-04 of the driver.
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3. Start the driver installer file from a user account with administrative rights. If your UAC (User Access Control) is started please confirm the installation 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 pretty easy to follow. The driver setup wizard will analyze 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. It is as simple as that to install a Windows driver!
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This driver is digitally signed by Realtek.
The file size of this driver is 1512006 bytes (1.44 MB)
This driver was installed by many users and received an average rating of 4.1 stars out of 60850 votes.
This driver will work for the following versions of Windows:

• This driver works on Windows 2000 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows Server 2003 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows XP 64 bits
• 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 Card Reader 0157 driver using DriverMax: the easy way

The most important 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. How can you install a driver with DriverMax? Let's take a look!

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 available driver updates. Scroll the list down until you find the Realtek Realtek Card Reader 0157 driver. Click on Update.
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5. That's all, the driver is now installed!
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