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

Realtek AC'97 Audio is a MEDIA device. This Windows driver was developed by Realtek. The hardware id of this driver is PCI/VEN_8086&DEV_24C5&SUBSYS_540516F3; this string has to match your hardware.

1. Realtek Realtek AC'97 Audio driver - how to install it manually

1. You can download from the link below the driver installer file for the Realtek Realtek AC'97 Audio driver. The archive contains version 6.0.1.6293 released on 2008-09-16 of the driver.
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3. Run the driver installer file from a user account with administrative rights. If your User Access Control Service (UAC) is enabled please accept of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Follow the driver setup wizard, which will guide you; it should be pretty easy to follow. The driver setup wizard will scan your computer 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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This driver was installed by many users and received an average rating of 3.9 stars out of 68310 votes.

2. Using DriverMax to install Realtek Realtek AC'97 Audio driver

The advantage of using DriverMax is that it will setup the driver for you in just a few seconds and it will keep each driver up to date. How can you install a driver using DriverMax? Let's see!

1. Start DriverMax and press 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 driver updates. Scroll the list down until you locate the Realtek Realtek AC'97 Audio driver. Click on Update.
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5. Finished installing the driver!
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