C-Media CMI8738/C3DX PCI Audio Device - two ways of downloading and installing the driver

CMI8738/C3DX PCI Audio Device is a MEDIA hardware device. The Windows version of this driver was developed by C-Media. PCI/VEN_13F6&DEV_0111&SUBSYS_A640270F is the matching hardware id of this device.

1. Manually install C-Media CMI8738/C3DX PCI Audio Device driver

1. Download the setup file for C-Media CMI8738/C3DX PCI Audio Device driver from the location below. This download link is for the driver version 5.12.01.0643 dated 2002-11-27.
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3. Start the driver installation file from a Windows account with the highest privileges (rights). If your User Access Control (UAC) is running then you will have to confirm the installation of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Follow the driver installation wizard, which should be pretty easy to follow. The driver installation wizard will scan your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Shutdown and restart your computer and enjoy the new driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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There is no digital signature available for this driver.
Download size of the driver: 2331362 bytes (2.22 MB)
This driver was rated with an average of 3 stars by 26118 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. The easy way: using DriverMax to install C-Media CMI8738/C3DX PCI Audio Device driver

The most important advantage of using DriverMax is that it will setup the driver for you in just a few seconds and it will keep each driver up to date. How easy can you install a driver with 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 computer.
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3. Take a look at the list of available driver updates. Search the list until you find the C-Media CMI8738/C3DX PCI Audio Device driver. Click the Update button.
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5. That's it, you installed your first driver!
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