Analog Devices, Inc. SoundMAX Integrated Digital Audio - two ways of downloading and installing the driver

SoundMAX Integrated Digital Audio is a MEDIA hardware device. This Windows driver was developed by Analog Devices, Inc.. The hardware id of this driver is pci/ven_8086&dev_27DE&subsys_03211014; this string has to match your hardware.

1. How to manually install Analog Devices, Inc. SoundMAX Integrated Digital Audio driver

1. Download the setup file for Analog Devices, Inc. SoundMAX Integrated Digital Audio driver from the link below. This is the download link for the driver version 5.12.02.5280 dated 2005-02-03.
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3. Run the driver installation file from a Windows account with the highest privileges (rights). If your User Access Control Service (UAC) is running 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 installation wizard, which should be pretty easy to follow. The driver installation wizard will scan your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. 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 by the manufacturer.
File size of the driver: 145937 bytes (142.52 KB)
Driver rating 4.4 stars out of 10812 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 Analog Devices, Inc. SoundMAX Integrated Digital Audio driver using DriverMax: the easy way

The advantage of using DriverMax is that it will install the driver for you in the easiest possible way and it will keep each driver up to date. How can you install a driver with DriverMax? Let's take a look!

1. Open DriverMax and press on the yellow button that says ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to analyze each driver on your computer.
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3. Take a look at the list of detected driver updates. Scroll the list down until you locate the Analog Devices, Inc. SoundMAX Integrated Digital Audio driver. Click on Update.
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5. Enjoy using the updated driver! :)
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