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. The hardware id of this driver is HDAUDIO/FUNC_01&VEN_10EC&DEV_0272&SUBSYS_1179060E; this string has to match your hardware.

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 5.10.0.6782 released on 2012-11-20.
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3. Start the driver setup file from a Windows account with administrative rights. If your User Access Control Service (UAC) is started then you will have to confirm the installation of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Follow 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 computer and enjoy the new driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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This driver is not digitally signed.
Size of this driver: 18608116 bytes (17.75 MB)
This driver was installed by many users and received an average rating of 3.4 stars out of 75277 votes.
This driver is compatible with the following versions of Windows:

• This driver works on Windows 2000 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows Server 2003 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows XP 32 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, not just this one. How easy can you install a driver with 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 scan and analyze each driver on your PC.
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3. Take a look at the list of detected 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. Finished installing the driver!
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