Avance Avance AC'97 Audio - two ways of downloading and installing the driver

Avance AC'97 Audio is a MEDIA hardware device. This driver was developed by Avance. The hardware id of this driver is PCI/VEN_8086&DEV_2445&SUBSYS_7402147B; this string has to match your hardware.

1. How to manually install Avance Avance AC'97 Audio driver

1. Download the driver setup file for Avance Avance AC'97 Audio driver from the location below. This is the download link for the driver version 5.10.00.4030 dated 2002-10-04.
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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 confirm the installation 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 easy to follow. The driver installation wizard will analyze your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Shutdown and restart your PC 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 1138763 bytes (1.09 MB)
This driver was rated with an average of 4.1 stars by 36269 users.
This driver will work 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. Installing the Avance Avance AC'97 Audio driver using DriverMax: the easy way

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, not just this one. How easy can you install a driver using DriverMax? Let's see!

1. Start DriverMax and press on the yellow button that says ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to scan and analyze each driver on your computer.
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3. Take a look at the list of detected driver updates. Scroll the list down until you locate the Avance Avance AC'97 Audio driver. Click the Update button.
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5. That's it, you installed your first driver!
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