Driver for Realtek Realtek AC'97 Audio - downloading and installing it

Realtek AC'97 Audio is a MEDIA hardware device. This driver was developed by Realtek. The hardware id of this driver is PCI/VEN_1002&DEV_4370&SUBSYS_5214174B; this string has to match your hardware.

1. Realtek Realtek AC'97 Audio - install the driver manually

1. Download the driver setup file for Realtek Realtek AC'97 Audio driver from the location below. This download link is for the driver version 5.10.00.6300 dated 2008-09-24.
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3. Start the driver setup file from a Windows account with administrative rights. If your User Access Control Service (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. Go through the driver installation wizard, which should be quite straightforward. The driver installation wizard will analyze your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Restart your computer and enjoy the fresh driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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This driver is digitally signed by Realtek.
The file size of this driver is 11793290 bytes (11.25 MB)
Driver rating 4.3 stars out of 83434 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. Installing the Realtek Realtek AC'97 Audio driver using DriverMax: the easy way

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. How can you install a driver using DriverMax? Let's take a look!

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 PC.
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3. Take a look at the list of detected driver updates. Search the list until you find the Realtek Realtek AC'97 Audio driver. Click on Update.
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5. That's it, you installed your first driver!
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