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

Realtek AC'97 Audio is a MEDIA hardware device. This Windows driver was developed by Realtek. In order to make sure you are downloading the exact right driver the hardware id is PCI/VEN_8086&DEV_24C5&SUBSYS_026AA0A0.

1. Manually install Realtek Realtek AC'97 Audio driver

1. You can download from the link below the driver setup file for the Realtek Realtek AC'97 Audio driver. The archive contains version 5.10.00.6030 dated 2006-02-17 of the driver.
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3. Start the driver installer file from a user account with administrative rights. If your User Access Control Service (UAC) is running please accept of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Go through the driver installation wizard, which will guide you; it should be pretty easy to follow. The driver installation wizard will scan your PC and will install the right driver.
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7. When the operation finishes shutdown and restart your PC in order to use the updated driver. It is as simple as that to install a Windows driver!
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Size of this driver: 2200123 bytes (2.10 MB)
This driver was rated with an average of 3.5 stars by 38282 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. How to use DriverMax to install Realtek Realtek AC'97 Audio 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 easy can you install a driver with DriverMax? Let's follow a few steps!

1. Open DriverMax and press on the yellow button that says ~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. Search the list until you find the Realtek Realtek AC'97 Audio driver. Click on Update.
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5. That's all, the driver is now installed!
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