Driver for Realtek Realtek High Definition Audio - downloading and installing it

Realtek High Definition Audio is a MEDIA hardware device. This Windows driver was developed by Realtek. HDAUDIO/FUNC_01&VEN_10EC&DEV_0256&SUBSYS_10251263 is the matching hardware id of this device.

1. Install Realtek Realtek High Definition Audio driver manually

1. Download the driver setup file for Realtek Realtek High Definition Audio driver from the location below. This is the download link for the driver version 6.0.9123.1 released on 2021-02-23.
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3. Start the driver installation file from a Windows account with the highest privileges (rights). If your UAC (User Access Control) is running then you will have to accept of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Follow the driver setup wizard, which should be quite straightforward. The driver setup wizard will analyze your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Shutdown and restart your PC and enjoy the fresh driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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Realtek applied a digital signature to this driver.
Size of this driver: 157753639 bytes (150.45 MB)
This driver received an average rating of 4 stars out of 60962 votes.
This driver is fully compatible with the following versions of Windows:

• 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. The easy way: using DriverMax to install Realtek Realtek High Definition Audio driver

The most important 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. How can you install a driver using DriverMax? Let's follow a few steps!

1. Start DriverMax and push on the yellow button named ~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 driver updates. Scroll the list down until you find the Realtek Realtek High Definition Audio driver. Click on Update.
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5. Enjoy using the updated driver! :)
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