Realtek Semiconduct Corp. Realtek PCIE CardReader driver download and installation

Realtek PCIE CardReader is a MTD hardware device. This driver was developed by Realtek Semiconduct Corp.. PCI/VEN_10EC&DEV_5229&SUBSYS_229C103C is the matching hardware id of this device.

1. Manually install Realtek Semiconduct Corp. Realtek PCIE CardReader driver

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 10.0.10586.29092 dated 2016-07-15 of the driver.
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3. Run the driver installer file from a user account with the highest privileges (rights). If your User Access Control Service (UAC) 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 pretty easy to follow. The driver setup wizard will scan your PC 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 4.6 stars out of 30303 votes.
This driver was released for 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. The easy way: using DriverMax to install Realtek Semiconduct Corp. Realtek PCIE CardReader driver

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. Open DriverMax and press on the yellow button named ~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 available driver updates. Scroll the list down until you locate the Realtek Semiconduct Corp. Realtek PCIE CardReader driver. Click the Update button.
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5. That's all, the driver is now installed!
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