Realtek Realtek AC97 Audio for VIA R Audio Controller - two ways of downloading and installing the driver

Realtek AC97 Audio for VIA R Audio Controller is a MEDIA hardware device. The Windows version of this driver was developed by Realtek. The hardware id of this driver is PCI/VEN_1106&DEV_3059&SUBSYS_83551071; this string has to match your hardware.

1. Install Realtek Realtek AC97 Audio for VIA R Audio Controller driver manually

1. You can download from the link below the driver setup file for the Realtek Realtek AC97 Audio for VIA R Audio Controller driver. The archive contains version 6.0.1.6305 dated 2009-06-19 of the driver.
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3. Start the driver installer file from a user account with the highest privileges (rights). If your UAC (User Access Control) is started please confirm the installation 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 restart your computer in order to use the updated driver. It is as simple as that to install a Windows driver!
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Realtek applied a digital signature to this driver.
Download size of the driver: 3864413 bytes (3.69 MB)
This driver received an average rating of 5 stars out of 52107 votes.
This driver will work 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. Using DriverMax to install Realtek Realtek AC97 Audio for VIA R Audio Controller driver

The 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 can you install a driver with 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 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 locate the Realtek Realtek AC97 Audio for VIA R Audio Controller driver. Click on Update.
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5. That's all, the driver is now installed!
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