VIA Technologies, Inc. VIA HD Audio Win8 how to download and install the driver

VIA HD Audio Win8 is a MEDIA hardware device. This Windows driver was developed by VIA Technologies, Inc.. The hardware id of this driver is HDAUDIO/FUNC_01&VEN_1106&DEV_0440&SUBSYS_14627592; this string has to match your hardware.

1. How to manually install VIA Technologies, Inc. VIA HD Audio Win8 driver

1. Download the driver setup file for VIA Technologies, Inc. VIA HD Audio Win8 driver from the link below. This download link is for the driver version 6.0.11.0400 released on 2014-03-03.
2.  
3. Start the driver setup file from a Windows account with the highest privileges (rights). If your User Access Control Service (UAC) is running then you will have to accept of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
4.  
5. Go through the driver setup wizard, which should be pretty easy to follow. The driver setup wizard will analyze your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
6.  
7. Restart your PC and enjoy the updated driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
8.  

This driver is digitally signed by the manufacturer.
Size of this driver: 37540489 bytes (35.80 MB)
Driver rating 4.1 stars out of 55769 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 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 take a look!

1. Start DriverMax and click on the yellow button named ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to scan and analyze each driver on your computer.
2.  
3. Take a look at the list of available driver updates. Scroll the list down until you find the VIA Technologies, Inc. VIA HD Audio Win8 driver. Click on Update.
4.  
5. That's it, you installed your first driver!
6.