Avance Avance AC97 Audio - two ways of downloading and installing the driver

Avance AC97 Audio is a MEDIA hardware device. This Windows driver was developed by Avance. The hardware id of this driver is PCI/VEN_8086&DEV_2445&SUBSYS_18731019; this string has to match your hardware.

1. Manually install Avance Avance AC97 Audio driver

1. Download the setup file for Avance Avance AC97 Audio driver from the location below. This download link is for the driver version 5.10.00.3910 dated 2002-06-21.
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3. Run the driver installation file from a Windows account with administrative rights. If your User Access Control (UAC) is running 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 quite 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 fresh driver, it is as simple as that.
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This driver is digitally signed by Avance.
Download size of the driver: 657338 bytes (641.93 KB)
This driver received an average rating of 4.2 stars out of 41368 votes.
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. The easy way: using DriverMax to install Avance Avance AC97 Audio 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 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 scan and analyze each driver on your PC.
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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 AC97 Audio driver. Click the Update button.
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5. Finished installing the driver!
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