Realtek Realtek Card Reader 0181 how to download and install the driver

Realtek Card Reader 0181 is a USB Universal Serial Bus hardware device. The Windows version of this driver was developed by Realtek. The hardware id of this driver is USB/VID_0BDA&PID_0181; this string has to match your hardware.

1. Realtek Realtek Card Reader 0181 driver - how to install it manually

1. Download the setup file for Realtek Realtek Card Reader 0181 driver from the location below. This is the download link for the driver version 6.0.6000.0074 released on 2008-10-07.
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3. Run the driver installation file from a Windows account with administrative rights. If your UAC (User Access Control) is running then you will have to confirm the installation of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Follow the driver installation wizard, which should be pretty easy to follow. The driver installation wizard will analyze your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Restart your computer and enjoy the fresh driver, it is as simple as that.
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Realtek applied a digital signature to this driver.
Download size of the driver: 1615190 bytes (1.54 MB)
This driver was installed by many users and received an average rating of 4.8 stars out of 30852 votes.
This driver is 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 0181 driver using DriverMax: the easy way

The advantage of using DriverMax is that it will install the driver for you in the easiest possible way 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. Open DriverMax and click 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 detected driver updates. Search the list until you find the Realtek Realtek Card Reader 0181 driver. Click the Update button.
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5. That's it, you installed your first driver!
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