Realtek High Definition Audio Driver 6.0.8821.1

REALTEK Semiconductor Corp. – Freeware – Windows
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Audio Device Driver for Realtek Chipsets

Michael Ganss

03/14/2013

Audio chipsets from Realtek are used in motherboards from many different manufacturers. If you have such a motherboard, you can use the drivers provided by Realtek.

Motherboard or PC manufacturers may be slow to catch up on the latest drivers from chipset manufacturers. Therefore the audio driver version you can download at your PC manufacturer's site is not the latest one. The Realtek HD Audio Driver you can download here supports all Realtek High Definition Audio chipsets.

Supported Chipsets

The supported Realtek HD Audio chipsets include:

Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8 WHQL: ALC882, ALC883, ALC885, ALC886, ALC887, ALC888, ALC889, ALC892, ALC899, ALC861VD, ALC660, ALC662, ALC663, ALC665, ALC670, ALC671, ALC672, ALC676, ALC680, ALC221, ALC231, ALC260, ALC262, ALC267, ALC268, ALC269, ALC270, ALC272, ALC273, ALC275, ALC276, ALC280, ALC282, ALC283, ALC290
Windows 2000/XP WHQL: ALC880, ALC882, ALC883, ALC885, ALC886, ALC887, ALC888, ALC889, ALC892, ALC899, ALC861VC, ALC861VD, ALC660, ALC662, ALC663, ALC665, ALC670, ALC671, ALC672, ALC676, ALC680, ALC221, ALC231, ALC260, ALC262, ALC267,ALC268, ALC269, ALC270, ALC272, ALC273, ALC275, ALC276, ALC280, ALC282, ALC283, ALC290
HDMI Device WHQL Support: ATI HDMI Devices

Supported Operating Systems

Realtek HD Audio Driver supports the following operating systems: Microsoft Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003, Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, Windows 8. Both x86 and x64 operating systems are supported. The pack also includes Microsoft High Definition Audio UAAV1.0a(5013) for Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP1, XP SP2, Server 2003 SP1.

Driver Installation

For Windows 2000 and XP:

Before installing the Realtek High Definition Audio Driver, click the Cancel button if Windows detects the Multimedia Audio device.
Run setup.exe to start the installation.
Click Next to continue the procedure. If the screen resolution is lower than 1024x768, click Yes to continue the installation. If the message "Digital Signature Not Found" shows, click Yes to continue the installation.
Finally, select restart and click Finish to complete the installation.

For Windows Vista, Windows 7, and Windows 8:

Run setup.exe to start the installation.
Click Next to continue the procedure. If the screen resolution is lower than 1024x768, click Yes to continue the installation. If the message "Windows can't verify the publisher of this driver software" shows, click "Install this driver software anyway" to continue the installation.
Finally, select restart and click Finish to complete the installation.

Summary

If you have a PC that includes a Realtek audio chipset, use this download to make sure your audio driver is up to date.

Pros

Provides the latest driver for Realtek audio chipsets

Cons

Not an official package from your system/motherboard vendor

Installations

167,604 users of UpdateStar had Realtek High Definition Audio Driver installed last month.

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