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

Realtek AC'97 Audio for VIA R Audio Controller is a MEDIA hardware device. The developer of this driver was Realtek. The hardware id of this driver is PCI/VEN_1106&DEV_3059&SUBSYS_551A16F3.

1. Manually install Realtek Realtek AC'97 Audio for VIA R Audio Controller driver

1. Download the setup file for Realtek Realtek AC'97 Audio for VIA R Audio Controller driver from the link below. This download link is for the driver version 6.0.1.6305 released on 2009-06-19.
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3. Start the driver installation file from a Windows account with the highest privileges (rights). If your User Access Control (UAC) is started then you will have to accept 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. Shutdown and restart your PC and enjoy the updated driver, it is as simple as that.
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This driver is digitally signed by the manufacturer.
Download size of the driver: 13567019 bytes (12.94 MB)
Driver rating 4.5 stars out of 89437 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 for VIA R Audio Controller 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, not just this one. How can you install a driver using DriverMax? Let's take a look!

1. Open 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 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 for VIA R Audio Controller driver. Click on Update.
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5. That's it, you installed your first driver!
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