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

Realtek High Definition Audio is a MEDIA device. The Windows version of this driver was developed by Realtek. HDAUDIO/FUNC_01&VEN_10EC&DEV_0262&SUBSYS_17AA3009 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 download link is for the driver version 5.10.0.6343 dated 2011-04-06.
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3. Run the driver installation file from a Windows account with administrative rights. If your User Access Control Service (UAC) is enabled then you will have to accept of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Go through the driver setup wizard, which should be pretty easy to follow. 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 updated driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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This driver is digitally signed by Realtek.
File size of the driver: 16539383 bytes (15.77 MB)
This driver was installed by many users and received an average rating of 4.1 stars out of 80047 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

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 just a few seconds and it will keep each driver up to date. How easy can you install a driver using DriverMax? Let's take a look!

1. Open DriverMax and push on the yellow button named ~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 detected driver updates. Search the list until you locate the Realtek Realtek High Definition Audio driver. Click on Update.
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5. Enjoy using the updated driver! :)
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