Realtek Realtek High Definition Audio - two ways of downloading and installing the driver

Realtek High Definition Audio is a MEDIA hardware device. The Windows version of this driver was developed by Realtek. The hardware id of this driver is HDAUDIO/FUNC_01&VEN_10EC&DEV_0269&SUBSYS_144DC650.

1. Manually install Realtek Realtek High Definition Audio driver

1. You can download from the link below the driver setup file for the Realtek Realtek High Definition Audio driver. The archive contains version 6.0.1.6586 released on 2012-03-06 of the driver.
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3. Run the driver installer file from a user account with administrative rights. If your User Access Control (UAC) is running please confirm the installation 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 scan your computer and will install the right driver.
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7. When the operation finishes shutdown and 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: 31259308 bytes (29.81 MB)
This driver was rated with an average of 5 stars by 17876 users.
This driver is 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. Installing the Realtek Realtek High Definition Audio driver using DriverMax: the easy way

The advantage of using DriverMax is that it will setup the driver for you in just a few seconds and it will keep each driver up to date, not just this one. 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 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 High Definition Audio driver. Click on Update.
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5. Enjoy using the updated driver! :)
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