Driver for VIA Technologies, Inc. VIA High Definition Audio - downloading and installing it

VIA High Definition Audio is a MEDIA device. The Windows version of this driver was developed by VIA Technologies, Inc.. The hardware id of this driver is HDAUDIO/FUNC_01&VEN_1106&DEV_0397&SUBSYS_1B0A00B5; this string has to match your hardware.

1. Install VIA Technologies, Inc. VIA High Definition Audio driver manually

1. Download the setup file for VIA Technologies, Inc. VIA High Definition Audio driver from the location below. This download link is for the driver version 6.0.10.1600 released on 2013-01-29.
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3. Start the driver setup file from a Windows account with the highest privileges (rights). If your User Access Control Service (UAC) is enabled then you will have to accept of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Follow the driver setup wizard, which should be quite easy to follow. The driver setup wizard will analyze your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Restart your PC and enjoy the fresh driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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This driver is digitally signed.
Download size of the driver: 19260056 bytes (18.37 MB)
This driver was rated with an average of 4.8 stars by 94972 users.
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. How to install VIA Technologies, Inc. VIA High Definition Audio driver using DriverMax

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 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 scan and analyze each driver on your computer.
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3. Take a look at the list of available driver updates. Scroll the list down until you locate the VIA Technologies, Inc. VIA High Definition Audio driver. Click on Update.
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5. Enjoy using the updated driver! :)
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