Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek USB 2.0 Card Reader - two ways of downloading and installing the driver

Realtek USB 2.0 Card Reader is a USB Universal Serial Bus device. This Windows driver was developed by Realtek Semiconductor Corp.. USB/VID_0BDA&PID_0158 is the matching hardware id of this device.

1. Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek USB 2.0 Card Reader - install the driver manually

1. Download the driver setup file for Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek USB 2.0 Card Reader driver from the location below. This is the download link for the driver version 6.0.6000.20097 dated 2008-06-05.
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3. Run the driver installation file from a Windows account with administrative rights. If your User Access Control Service (UAC) is running then you will have to accept of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Follow the driver installation wizard, which should be quite easy to follow. 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, as you can see it was quite smple.
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This driver is digitally signed.
File size of the driver: 1356556 bytes (1.29 MB)
Driver rating 5 stars out of 12785 votes.
This driver will work for 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
• This driver works on Windows Vista 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 7 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 8 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 8.1 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 10 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 11 32 bits

2. Installing the Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek USB 2.0 Card Reader 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 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. Search the list until you find the Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek USB 2.0 Card Reader driver. Click the Update button.
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5. That's all, the driver is now installed!
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