ESS Technology, Inc. ESS Allegro PCI Audio WDM - two ways of downloading and installing the driver

ESS Allegro PCI Audio WDM is a MEDIA device. The Windows version of this driver was developed by ESS Technology, Inc.. PCI/VEN_125D&DEV_1988&SUBSYS_B009144D is the matching hardware id of this device.

1. Install ESS Technology, Inc. ESS Allegro PCI Audio WDM driver manually

1. Download the setup file for ESS Technology, Inc. ESS Allegro PCI Audio WDM driver from the location below. This is the download link for the driver version 5.12.01.1167 dated 2002-02-08.
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3. Start the driver setup file from a Windows account with the highest privileges (rights). If your UAC (User Access Control) is started 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 setup wizard, which should be pretty straightforward. The driver setup wizard will scan your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Restart your computer and enjoy the fresh driver, it is as simple as that.
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This driver is not digitally signed.
Size of this driver: 118328 bytes (115.55 KB)
This driver received an average rating of 3.2 stars out of 28656 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. Installing the ESS Technology, Inc. ESS Allegro PCI Audio WDM driver using DriverMax: the easy way

The advantage of using DriverMax is that it will install the driver for you in just a few seconds and it will keep each driver up to date, not just this one. How can you install a driver with DriverMax? Let's follow a few steps!

1. Start DriverMax and push on the yellow button that says ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to 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 ESS Technology, Inc. ESS Allegro PCI Audio WDM driver. Click the Update button.
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5. Finished installing the driver!
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