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

Realtek PCIE CardReader is a MTD hardware device. This Windows driver was developed by Realtek Semiconduct Corp.. PCI/VEN_10EC&DEV_5229&SUBSYS_2179103C is the matching hardware id of this device.

1. How to manually install Realtek Semiconduct Corp. Realtek PCIE CardReader driver

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 6.3.9600.29084 released on 2014-12-30 of the driver.
2.  
3. Run the driver installer file from a user account with administrative rights. If your User Access Control (UAC) is enabled please confirm the installation of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
4.  
5. Follow the driver setup wizard, which will guide you; it should be pretty easy to follow. The driver setup wizard will analyze your PC and will install the right driver.
6.  
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!
8.  

This driver is digitally signed by Realtek Semiconduct Corp..
File size of the driver: 2240327 bytes (2.14 MB)
This driver was rated with an average of 4.5 stars by 97918 users.
This driver will work for 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
• This driver works on Windows Vista 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 7 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 8 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 8.1 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 10 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 11 32 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 can you install a driver using DriverMax? Let's take a look!

1. Start DriverMax and push on the yellow button named ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to scan and analyze each driver on your PC.
2.  
3. Take a look at the list of detected driver updates. Scroll the list down until you locate the Realtek Semiconduct Corp. Realtek PCIE CardReader driver. Click the Update button.
4.  
5. That's all, the driver is now installed!
6.