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.. In order to make sure you are downloading the exact right driver the hardware id is HDAUDIO/FUNC_01&VEN_1106&DEV_8446&SUBSYS_15583450.

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

1. Download the setup file for VIA Technologies, Inc. VIA HD Audio Win8 driver from the location below. This is the download link for the driver version 6.0.11.0400 released on 2014-03-03.
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3. Start the driver installation file from a Windows account with administrative rights. If your User Access Control Service (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. 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. Restart your computer and enjoy the new driver, it is as simple as that.
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This driver is digitally signed by the manufacturer.
Driver file size: 37540489 bytes (35.80 MB)
This driver received an average rating of 4.8 stars out of 87205 votes.
This driver was released 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. How to use 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 the easiest possible way and it will keep each driver up to date, not just this one. How easy can you install a driver with DriverMax? Let's see!

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 detected driver updates. Search the list until you find 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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