C-Media CMI8738/C3DX PCI Audio Device how to download and install the driver

CMI8738/C3DX PCI Audio Device is a MEDIA hardware device. This driver was developed by C-Media. The hardware id of this driver is PCI/VEN_13F6&DEV_0111&SUBSYS_573A1462; this string has to match your hardware.

1. C-Media CMI8738/C3DX PCI Audio Device driver - how to install it manually

1. You can download from the link below the driver setup file for the C-Media CMI8738/C3DX PCI Audio Device driver. The archive contains version 5.12.01.0643 released on 2002-11-27 of the driver.
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3. Start the driver installer file from a user account with the highest privileges (rights). If your UAC (User Access Control) is enabled please confirm the installation of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Follow the driver setup wizard, which will guide you; it should be quite easy to follow. The driver setup wizard will analyze your computer and will install the right driver.
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7. When the operation finishes shutdown and restart your PC in order to use the updated driver. As you can see it was quite smple to install a Windows driver!
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This driver was not digitally signed.
Size of this driver: 2331362 bytes (2.22 MB)
This driver was installed by many users and received an average rating of 3.1 stars out of 5287 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. How to install C-Media CMI8738/C3DX PCI Audio Device driver using DriverMax

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

1. Open DriverMax and click 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 available driver updates. Scroll the list down until you locate the C-Media CMI8738/C3DX PCI Audio Device driver. Click the Update button.
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5. That's all, the driver is now installed!
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