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

Realtek PCIE CardReader is a MTD hardware device. The Windows version of this driver was developed by Realtek Semiconductor Corp.. In order to make sure you are downloading the exact right driver the hardware id is PCI/VEN_10EC&DEV_522A&SUBSYS_827D103C.

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

1. You can download from the link below the driver installer file for the Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek PCIE CardReader driver. The archive contains version 10.0.16299.21304 released on 2018-06-19 of the driver.
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3. Run the driver installer file from a user account with administrative rights. If your User Access Control Service (UAC) is started please confirm the installation 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 quite easy to follow. The driver setup wizard will analyze 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 Semiconductor Corp. applied a digital signature to this driver.
Size of this driver: 2429173 bytes (2.32 MB)
Driver rating 4.3 stars out of 13734 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
• 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. The easy way: using DriverMax to install Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek PCIE CardReader driver

The 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. How can you install a driver with DriverMax? Let's take a look!

1. Open DriverMax and click on the yellow button that says ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to 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 find the Realtek Semiconductor 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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