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.. HDAUDIO/FUNC_01&VEN_1106&DEV_4397&SUBSYS_10197C26 is the matching hardware id of this device.

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.
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3. Run the driver setup file from a Windows account with administrative rights. If your User Access Control (UAC) is started then you will have to confirm the installation of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Follow the driver setup wizard, which should be quite easy to follow. The driver setup wizard will scan your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Shutdown and restart your PC and enjoy the updated driver, it is as simple as that.
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VIA Technologies, Inc. applied a digital signature to this driver.
The file size of this driver is 37540489 bytes (35.80 MB)
Driver rating 4.5 stars out of 59131 votes.
This driver is 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. Installing the VIA Technologies, Inc. VIA HD Audio Win8 driver using DriverMax: the easy way

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 using DriverMax? Let's take a look!

1. Start DriverMax and click on the yellow button that says ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to scan and analyze each driver on your PC.
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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. Enjoy using the updated driver! :)
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