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

Realtek High Definition Audio is a MEDIA device. This driver was developed by Realtek. The hardware id of this driver is HDAUDIO/FUNC_01&VEN_10EC&DEV_0269&SUBSYS_101999CA; this string has to match your hardware.

1. Realtek Realtek High Definition Audio - install the driver manually

1. You can download from the link below the driver setup file for the Realtek Realtek High Definition Audio driver. The archive contains version 6.0.1.6685 released on 2012-07-17 of the driver.
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3. Start the driver installer file from a user account with administrative rights. If your UAC (User Access Control) is started please accept of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Follow the driver installation wizard, which will guide you; it should be quite easy to follow. The driver installation 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. As you can see it was quite smple to install a Windows driver!
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This driver is digitally signed.
Driver file size: 17832383 bytes (17.01 MB)
This driver was rated with an average of 4.5 stars by 77159 users.
This driver was released for 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 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, not just this one. How can you install a driver using DriverMax? Let's take a look!

1. Open DriverMax and click 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 driver updates. Search the list until you find the Realtek Realtek High Definition Audio driver. Click the Update button.
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5. That's it, you installed your first driver!
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