ESS Technology, Inc. ESS Maestro3 PCI Audio WDM - two ways of downloading and installing 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_00BC1028; this string has to match your hardware.

1. ESS Technology, Inc. ESS Maestro3 PCI Audio WDM - install the driver manually

1. Download the 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 5.12.01.1166 released on 2002-01-17.
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3. Run the driver installation file from a Windows account with administrative rights. If your User Access Control (UAC) is enabled 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 setup wizard, which should be quite straightforward. The driver setup wizard will analyze your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Restart your computer 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.
Download size of the driver: 121705 bytes (118.85 KB)
This driver was installed by many users and received an average rating of 4.6 stars out of 7419 votes.
This driver is fully compatible with 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. Using DriverMax to install ESS Technology, Inc. ESS Maestro3 PCI Audio WDM driver

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 take a look!

1. Start DriverMax and push 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 detected driver updates. Scroll the list down until you find 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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