Realtek Realtek Card Reader 0166 how to download and install the driver

Realtek Card Reader 0166 is a USB Universal Serial Bus device. This Windows driver was developed by Realtek. USB/VID_0BDA&PID_0166&MI_01 is the matching hardware id of this device.

1. Realtek Realtek Card Reader 0166 - install the driver manually

1. You can download from the link below the driver setup file for the Realtek Realtek Card Reader 0166 driver. The archive contains version 6.0.6000.0066 released on 2008-05-22 of the driver.
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3. Run the driver installer file from a user account with the highest privileges (rights). If your User Access Control (UAC) 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 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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This driver is digitally signed by the manufacturer.
Driver file size: 1456303 bytes (1.39 MB)
This driver received an average rating of 4.4 stars out of 5123 votes.
This driver was released for 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. Installing the Realtek Realtek Card Reader 0166 driver using DriverMax: the easy way

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 easy can you install a driver with DriverMax? Let's see!

1. Open 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 computer.
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3. Take a look at the list of available driver updates. Scroll the list down until you locate the Realtek Realtek Card Reader 0166 driver. Click the Update button.
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5. That's all, the driver is now installed!
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