VIA Technologies, Inc. VIA HD Audio Win8 - two ways of downloading and installing the driver

VIA HD Audio Win8 is a MEDIA hardware device. This Windows driver was developed by VIA Technologies, Inc.. HDAUDIO/FUNC_01&VEN_1106&DEV_0397&SUBSYS_1B0A0081 is the matching hardware id of this device.

1. VIA Technologies, Inc. VIA HD Audio Win8 - install the driver manually

1. You can download from the link below the driver setup file for the VIA Technologies, Inc. VIA HD Audio Win8 driver. The archive contains version 6.0.11.0400 released on 2014-03-03 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 enabled 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 pretty easy to follow. The driver setup wizard will analyze 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. It is as simple as that to install a Windows driver!
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This driver is digitally signed by the manufacturer.
Driver file size: 37540489 bytes (35.80 MB)
Driver rating 4.9 stars out of 76694 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 VIA Technologies, Inc. VIA HD Audio Win8 driver using DriverMax

The advantage of using DriverMax is that it will install 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. Open 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 available driver updates. Scroll the list down until you locate the VIA Technologies, Inc. VIA HD Audio Win8 driver. Click the Update button.
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5. That's all, the driver is now installed!
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