Realtek Semiconduct Corp. Realtek PCIE CardReader - two ways of downloading and installing the driver

Realtek PCIE CardReader is a MTD device. This Windows driver was developed by Realtek Semiconduct Corp.. The hardware id of this driver is PCI/VEN_10EC&DEV_5209&SUBSYS_08971854; this string has to match your hardware.

1. Install Realtek Semiconduct Corp. Realtek PCIE CardReader driver manually

1. You can download from the link below the driver installer file for the Realtek Semiconduct Corp. Realtek PCIE CardReader driver. The archive contains version 10.0.18362.28165 released on 2019-04-29 of the driver.
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3. Start the driver installer file from a user account with the highest privileges (rights). If your UAC (User Access Control) is running 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 pretty 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 by Realtek Semiconduct Corp..
File size of the driver: 2272722 bytes (2.17 MB)
This driver received an average rating of 4.5 stars out of 50098 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
• 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 Semiconduct Corp. Realtek PCIE CardReader driver using DriverMax: the easy way

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 easy can you install a driver with DriverMax? Let's see!

1. Start DriverMax and click on the yellow button that says ~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 Semiconduct Corp. Realtek PCIE CardReader driver. Click on Update.
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5. Finished installing the driver!
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