Realtek Realtek High Definition Audio - two ways of downloading and installing the driver

Realtek High Definition Audio is a MEDIA hardware device. The Windows version of this driver was developed by Realtek. The hardware id of this driver is HDAUDIO/FUNC_01&VEN_10EC&DEV_0280&SUBSYS_1179FB10; this string has to match your hardware.

1. How to manually install Realtek Realtek High Definition Audio driver

1. Download the driver setup file for Realtek Realtek High Definition Audio driver from the location below. This download link is for the driver version 5.10.0.6782 dated 2012-11-20.
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3. Run the driver setup file from a Windows account with administrative rights. If your User Access Control (UAC) is enabled 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 straightforward. The driver setup wizard will analyze your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Shutdown and restart your computer and enjoy the fresh driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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Realtek applied a digital signature to this driver.
Download size of the driver: 18609844 bytes (17.75 MB)
Driver rating 4.3 stars out of 38753 votes.
This driver is fully compatible with the following versions of Windows:

• This driver works on Windows 2000 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows Server 2003 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows XP 32 bits

2. Using DriverMax to install Realtek Realtek High Definition Audio driver

The 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 easy can you install a driver with DriverMax? Let's take a look!

1. Start DriverMax and click on the yellow button named ~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 driver updates. Search the list until you find the Realtek Realtek High Definition Audio driver. Click the Update button.
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5. Enjoy using the updated driver! :)
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