ESS Technology, Inc. ESS Maestro3 PCI Audio WDM how to download and install the driver

ESS Maestro3 PCI Audio WDM is a MEDIA hardware device. This driver was developed by ESS Technology, Inc.. The hardware id of this driver is PCI/VEN_125D&DEV_1998&SUBSYS_00BB1028; this string has to match your hardware.

1. ESS Technology, Inc. ESS Maestro3 PCI Audio WDM driver - how to install it manually

1. Download the driver setup file for ESS Technology, Inc. ESS Maestro3 PCI Audio WDM driver from the link below. This is the download link for the driver version 5.12.01.1152 dated 2001-09-20.
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3. Run 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 accept of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Follow the driver setup wizard, which should be pretty straightforward. The driver setup wizard will analyze your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Restart your PC and enjoy the new driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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ESS Technology, Inc. applied a digital signature to this driver.
File size of the driver: 108968 bytes (106.41 KB)
This driver received an average rating of 4.6 stars out of 90990 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. The easy way: using DriverMax to install ESS Technology, Inc. ESS Maestro3 PCI Audio WDM driver

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, not just this one. How can you install a driver with DriverMax? Let's see!

1. Start DriverMax and click on the yellow button named ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to 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 ESS Technology, Inc. ESS Maestro3 PCI Audio WDM driver. Click the Update button.
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5. Enjoy using the updated driver! :)
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