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

VIA HD Audio Win8 is a MEDIA device. The developer of this driver was VIA Technologies, Inc.. The hardware id of this driver is HDAUDIO/FUNC_01&VEN_1106&DEV_0438&SUBSYS_152D0778; this string has to match your hardware.

1. Install VIA Technologies, Inc. VIA HD Audio Win8 driver manually

1. Download the setup file for VIA Technologies, Inc. VIA HD Audio Win8 driver from the location below. This download link is for the driver version 6.0.11.0400 released on 2014-03-03.
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3. Start the driver setup file from a Windows account with administrative rights. If your User Access Control (UAC) is running then you will have to confirm the installation of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Go through the driver installation wizard, which should be pretty straightforward. The driver installation wizard will scan your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Restart your computer and enjoy the new driver, it is as simple as that.
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VIA Technologies, Inc. applied a digital signature to this driver.
Driver file size: 37540489 bytes (35.80 MB)
This driver was rated with an average of 4.7 stars by 55394 users.
This driver will work 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 VIA Technologies, Inc. VIA HD Audio Win8 driver

The most important 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, not just this one. How can you install a driver with 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 computer.
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3. Take a look at the list of available driver updates. Search the list until you locate the VIA Technologies, Inc. VIA HD Audio Win8 driver. Click on Update.
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5. That's it, you installed your first driver!
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