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. This driver was developed by Realtek. In order to make sure you are downloading the exact right driver the hardware id is PCI/VEN_1106&DEV_3059&SUBSYS_601A1509.

1. How to manually install Realtek Realtek AC'97 Audio for VIA R Audio Controller driver

1. You can download from the link below the driver setup file for the Realtek Realtek AC'97 Audio for VIA R Audio Controller 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 the highest privileges (rights). If your User Access Control (UAC) is enabled please accept of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Go through 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. As you can see it was quite smple to install a Windows driver!
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This driver was not digitally signed.
Download size of the driver: 2200123 bytes (2.10 MB)
This driver was rated with an average of 3.2 stars by 23922 users.
This driver will work for the following versions of Windows:

• This driver works on Windows 2000 (5.0) 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows XP (5.1) 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows Server 2003 (5.2) 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows Vista (6.0) 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 7 (6.1) 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 8 (6.2) 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 8.1 (6.3) 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 10 (10.0) 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 11 (10.0) 32 bits

2. The easy way: using DriverMax to install Realtek Realtek AC'97 Audio for VIA R Audio Controller driver

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

1. Start DriverMax and click 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 locate the Realtek Realtek AC'97 Audio for VIA R Audio Controller driver. Click the Update button.
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5. Enjoy using the updated driver! :)
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