Realtek Realtek AC'97 Audio - two ways of downloading and installing the driver

Realtek AC'97 Audio is a MEDIA device. The Windows version of this driver was developed by Realtek. PCI/VEN_8086&DEV_266E&SUBSYS_006E17C0 is the matching hardware id of this device.

1. How to manually install Realtek Realtek AC'97 Audio driver

1. Download the setup file for Realtek Realtek AC'97 Audio driver from the link below. This is the download link for the driver version 5.10.00.6260 dated 2007-09-24.
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3. Run the driver setup file from a Windows account with administrative 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 installation wizard, which should be pretty straightforward. The driver installation wizard will analyze your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Restart your PC and enjoy the updated driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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2. The easy way: using 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 using DriverMax? Let's take a look!

1. Start DriverMax and push on the yellow button that says ~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 locate the Realtek Realtek AC'97 Audio driver. Click the Update button.
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5. That's all, the driver is now installed!
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