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. The hardware id of this driver is PCI/VEN_8086&DEV_27DE&SUBSYS_71511462; 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 link below. This download link is for the driver version 6.0.1.6305 dated 2009-06-19.
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3. Start the driver installation file from a Windows account with administrative rights. If your User Access Control (UAC) is started 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 easy to follow. The driver setup wizard will scan 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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This driver is digitally signed by Realtek.
Download size of the driver: 13566899 bytes (12.94 MB)
Driver rating 4.1 stars out of 39563 votes.
This driver was released for the following versions of Windows:

• This driver works on Windows 2000 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows Server 2003 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows XP 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows Vista 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 7 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 8 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 8.1 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 10 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 11 64 bits

2. Installing the Realtek Realtek AC'97 Audio driver using DriverMax: the easy way

The most important 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 with DriverMax? Let's see!

1. Open DriverMax and push on the yellow button named ~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. Scroll the list down until you find 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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