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

Realtek High Definition Audio is a MEDIA hardware device. This driver was developed by Realtek. HDAUDIO/FUNC_01&VEN_10EC&DEV_0272&SUBSYS_17AA36F7 is the matching hardware id of this device.

1. Realtek Realtek High Definition Audio driver - how to install it 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 5.10.0.6343 released on 2011-04-06 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 setup wizard, which will guide you; it should be quite easy to follow. The driver setup wizard will scan your computer 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: 16539383 bytes (15.77 MB)
Driver rating 4.7 stars out of 5900 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

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 take a look!

1. Start DriverMax and push on the yellow button that says ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to analyze each driver on your computer.
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3. Take a look at the list of available driver updates. Scroll the list down until you locate the Realtek Realtek High Definition Audio driver. Click the Update button.
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5. Enjoy using the updated driver! :)
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