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

VIA HD Audio Win8 is a MEDIA hardware device. The developer of this driver was VIA Technologies, Inc.. The hardware id of this driver is HDAUDIO/FUNC_01&VEN_1106&DEV_4397&SUBSYS_10197D8E; 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 is the download link for the driver version 6.0.11.0400 dated 2014-03-03.
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3. Run the driver installation file from a Windows account with administrative rights. If your User Access Control (UAC) is enabled then you will have to accept of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Follow the driver setup wizard, which should be quite straightforward. 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.
File size of the driver: 37540489 bytes (35.80 MB)
This driver received an average rating of 4.8 stars out of 90467 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. The easy way: using DriverMax to install VIA Technologies, Inc. VIA HD Audio Win8 driver

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, not just this one. How can you install a driver with DriverMax? Let's take a look!

1. Open DriverMax and press on the yellow button named ~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. Search the list until you locate the VIA Technologies, Inc. VIA HD Audio Win8 driver. Click the Update button.
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5. That's it, you installed your first driver!
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