Driver for Realtek Realtek Card Reader 0171 - downloading and installing it

Realtek Card Reader 0171 is a USB Universal Serial Bus hardware device. This driver was developed by Realtek. The hardware id of this driver is USB/VID_0BDA&PID_0171.

1. How to manually install Realtek Realtek Card Reader 0171 driver

1. Download the driver setup file for Realtek Realtek Card Reader 0171 driver from the link below. This download link is for the driver version 6.0.6000.0074 dated 2008-10-07.
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3. Run the driver setup file from a Windows account with the highest privileges (rights). If your User Access Control (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 straightforward. The driver installation wizard will scan 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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This driver is digitally signed by Realtek.
Download size of the driver: 1615190 bytes (1.54 MB)
This driver received an average rating of 4.2 stars out of 31858 votes.
This driver is fully compatible with 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 0171 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 with DriverMax? Let's take a look!

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 locate the Realtek Realtek Card Reader 0171 driver. Click on Update.
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5. That's it, you installed your first driver!
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