VIA VIA Standard Host Bridge - two ways of downloading and installing the driver

VIA Standard Host Bridge is a Chipset hardware device. The developer of this driver was VIA. The hardware id of this driver is PCI/VEN_1106&DEV_3296; this string has to match your hardware.

1. VIA VIA Standard Host Bridge driver - how to install it manually

1. Download the setup file for VIA VIA Standard Host Bridge driver from the location below. This download link is for the driver version 5.1.00.0230 released on 2002-10-02.
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3. Start 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. Go through the driver setup wizard, which should be quite easy to follow. The driver setup wizard will analyze your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Restart your computer and enjoy the updated driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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This driver is digitally signed by the manufacturer.
Size of this driver: 11929 bytes (11.65 KB)
This driver was installed by many users and received an average rating of 4 stars out of 86117 votes.
This driver was released for the following versions of Windows:

• This driver works on Windows 2000 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows Server 2003 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows XP 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows Vista 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 7 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 8 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 8.1 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 10 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 11 32 bits

2. Using DriverMax to install VIA VIA Standard Host Bridge driver

The 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 follow a few steps!

1. Open DriverMax and push on the yellow button that says ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to 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 find the VIA VIA Standard Host Bridge driver. Click on Update.
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5. That's all, the driver is now installed!
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