VIA Technologies, Inc. VIA High Definition Audio - two ways of downloading and installing the driver

VIA High Definition Audio is a MEDIA hardware device. The Windows version of this driver was developed by VIA Technologies, Inc.. The hardware id of this driver is HDAUDIO/FUNC_01&VEN_1106&DEV_8446&SUBSYS_10431C23; this string has to match your hardware.

1. Install VIA Technologies, Inc. VIA High Definition Audio driver manually

1. Download the driver setup file for VIA Technologies, Inc. VIA High Definition Audio driver from the link below. This download link is for the driver version 6.0.10.1600 released on 2013-01-29.
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3. Run the driver setup file from a Windows account with the highest privileges (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. 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. Shutdown and restart your computer and enjoy the new driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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This driver is digitally signed.
The file size of this driver is 19260056 bytes (18.37 MB)
Driver rating 4.8 stars out of 53735 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. Using DriverMax to install VIA Technologies, Inc. VIA High Definition Audio driver

The most important 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 see!

1. Open DriverMax and push on the yellow button named ~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. Search the list until you find the VIA Technologies, Inc. VIA High Definition Audio driver. Click the Update button.
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5. Finished installing the driver!
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