Driver for Realtek Realtek USB 2.0 Card Reader - downloading and installing it

Realtek USB 2.0 Card Reader is a USB Universal Serial Bus device. The Windows version of this driver was developed by Realtek. The hardware id of this driver is USB/VID_0BDA&PID_0178; this string has to match your hardware.

1. How to manually install Realtek Realtek USB 2.0 Card Reader driver

1. Download the setup file for Realtek Realtek USB 2.0 Card Reader driver from the location below. This is the download link for the driver version 6.1.7601.30131 released on 2011-09-09.
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3. Run the driver installation file from a Windows account with administrative rights. If your UAC (User Access Control) is running then you will have to accept of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Go through the driver setup wizard, which should be quite easy to follow. The driver setup wizard will analyze your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Restart your computer and enjoy the fresh driver, it is as simple as that.
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Realtek applied a digital signature to this driver.
The file size of this driver is 2404523 bytes (2.29 MB)
This driver was rated with an average of 4.2 stars by 96199 users.
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. Using DriverMax to install Realtek Realtek USB 2.0 Card Reader 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. How can you install a driver with DriverMax? Let's follow a few steps!

1. Start DriverMax and push 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 detected driver updates. Scroll the list down until you find the Realtek Realtek USB 2.0 Card Reader driver. Click on Update.
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5. Finished installing the driver!
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