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

Realtek PCIE CardReader is a MTD hardware device. The developer of this driver was Realtek Semiconduct Corp.. The hardware id of this driver is PCI/VEN_10EC&DEV_5229&SUBSYS_01A71B0A; this string has to match your hardware.

1. Realtek Semiconduct Corp. Realtek PCIE CardReader - install the driver manually

1. You can download from the link below the driver setup file for the Realtek Semiconduct Corp. Realtek PCIE CardReader driver. The archive contains version 10.0.10586.29092 released on 2016-07-15 of the driver.
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3. Start the driver installer file from a user account with administrative rights. If your User Access Control Service (UAC) 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 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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Realtek Semiconduct Corp. applied a digital signature to this driver.
File size of the driver: 4478684 bytes (4.27 MB)
Driver rating 4.1 stars out of 34348 votes.
This driver is fully 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. How to install Realtek Semiconduct Corp. Realtek PCIE CardReader driver using DriverMax

The most important 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 using DriverMax? Let's see!

1. Start DriverMax and click 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. Search the list until you find the Realtek Semiconduct Corp. Realtek PCIE CardReader driver. Click on Update.
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5. That's it, you installed your first driver!
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