C-Media C-Media AC97 Audio Device how to download and install the driver

C-Media AC97 Audio Device is a MEDIA device. This driver was developed by C-Media. PCI/VEN_1106&DEV_3059&SUBSYS_01401462 is the matching hardware id of this device.

1. Manually install C-Media C-Media AC97 Audio Device driver

1. You can download from the link below the driver setup file for the C-Media C-Media AC97 Audio Device driver. The archive contains version 5.12.01.0008 released on 2005-05-11 of the driver.
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3. Start the driver installer file from a user account with the highest privileges (rights). If your User Access Control Service (UAC) is running please accept of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Go through the driver setup wizard, which will guide you; it should be quite easy to follow. The driver setup wizard will analyze your PC and will install the right driver.
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7. When the operation finishes restart your computer in order to use the updated driver. It is as simple as that to install a Windows driver!
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This driver is digitally signed by C-Media.
Size of this driver: 3870688 bytes (3.69 MB)
This driver received an average rating of 4.2 stars out of 9622 votes.
This driver will work 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. Installing the C-Media C-Media AC97 Audio Device driver using DriverMax: the easy way

The 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 can you install a driver using DriverMax? Let's follow a few steps!

1. Start DriverMax and press on the yellow button named ~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 available driver updates. Search the list until you locate the C-Media C-Media AC97 Audio Device driver. Click the Update button.
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5. That's it, you installed your first driver!
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