Realtek AC'97 Audio for VIA686/8231 Audio Controller Driver Download

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The AC'97 for VIA686/8231 Controller is an audio device manufactured by RealTek. This driver fixes problems with no sound or static or distorted sound, and can unlock advanced features of your audio device. Visitors have downloaded this file "sound.zip" 80 times with an aggregate rating of 4 out of 5 stars based on 7 reviews. It is compatible with PCs running Windows Vista and Windows XP, among other operating systems. The total disk space used for this update is 34.4 MB.

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Supported Models

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Realtek AC'97 Audio for VIA686/8231 Audio Controller

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Realtek AC97 Audio for VIA (R) Audio Controller

Manufacturers

RealTek

Supported Operating Systems

Windows Vista, Windows Vista (64 bit), Windows XP, Windows XP (64 bit)

File Name

Uploaded By

DriverGuide (DG Staff Member) on 1-Mar-2010

Driver Contents File List

The following files are found inside the driver download file.

Name Size Date
Sound/RealTek/64bit/5773_64/ALSNDMGR.WAV 141.0 KB 4 Feb 2002
Sound/RealTek/64bit/5773_64/ALSndMgr.cpl 17.6 MB 3 Jan 2005
Sound/RealTek/64bit/5773_64/Alcwdm.inf 26.4 KB 3 Jan 2005
Sound/RealTek/64bit/5773_64/Alcxwdm.cat 465.1 KB 26 Sep 2004
Sound/RealTek/64bit/5773_64/CPLUtil64.exe 111.6 KB 3 Jan 2005
Sound/RealTek/64bit/5773_64/RTLCPL.EXE 9.3 MB 3 Jan 2005
Sound/RealTek/64bit/5773_64/RtlCPAPI.dll 156.7 KB 6 Sep 2004
Sound/RealTek/64bit/5773_64/SoundMan.exe 77.8 KB 3 Jan 2005
Sound/RealTek/64bit/5773_64/alcwdm64.sys 2.3 MB 3 Jan 2005
Sound/RealTek/ALCCHKID.EXE 110.6 KB 21 Nov 2003
Sound/RealTek/ALCRMV.EXE 139.3 KB 1 Sep 2004
Sound/RealTek/ALCRMV9X.EXE 127.0 KB 21 Nov 2003
Sound/RealTek/ALCUPD.EXE 208.9 KB 5 Nov 2004
Sound/RealTek/ALCXDEV.EXE 31.4 KB 3 Nov 2003
Sound/RealTek/Ap/AVRACK.INI 164 bytes 5 Jul 2001
Sound/RealTek/Ap/AvRack2.exe 794.6 KB 4 Apr 2003
Sound/RealTek/Ap/Classic.dll 1.8 MB 14 May 2003
Sound/RealTek/Ap/MPIE4STD.EXE 1.6 MB 29 Sep 1998
Sound/RealTek/Ap/Mpstd.exe 3.8 MB 29 Sep 1998
Sound/RealTek/Ap/RtlRack.exe 3.6 MB 8 Sep 2004
Sound/RealTek/CONFIG/alcxinit.dat 584 bytes 1 Jul 2004
Sound/RealTek/ChCfg.exe 41.0 KB 27 Oct 2004
Sound/RealTek/DATA1.CAB 863.5 KB 17 Nov 2004
Sound/RealTek/DATA1.CAB/_Engine_Engine_Files/corecomp.ini 28.5 KB 19 Aug 2015
Sound/RealTek/DATA1.CAB/_Engine_Log_Services/ILog.dll 213.0 KB 19 Aug 2015
Sound/RealTek/DATA1.CAB/_Engine_ScriptEngine/IScript.dll 225.3 KB 19 Aug 2015
Sound/RealTek/DATA1.CAB/_Engine_SelfRegistering/ctor.dll 77.8 KB 19 Aug 2015
Sound/RealTek/DATA1.CAB/_Engine_SelfRegistering/iuser.dll 176.1 KB 19 Aug 2015
Sound/RealTek/DATA1.CAB/_Engine_SelfRegistering/objectps.dll 32.8 KB 19 Aug 2015
Sound/RealTek/DATA1.CAB/_Support_Chinese_(PRC)_Files/_IsRes.dll 167.9 KB 19 Aug 2015
Sound/RealTek/DATA1.CAB/_Support_Chinese_(PRC)_String_Tables/value.shl 939 bytes 19 Aug 2015
Sound/RealTek/DATA1.CAB/_Support_Chinese_(Taiwan)_Files/_IsRes.dll 163.8 KB 19 Aug 2015
Sound/RealTek/DATA1.CAB/_Support_Chinese_(Taiwan)_String_Tables/value.shl 972 bytes 19 Aug 2015
Sound/RealTek/DATA1.CAB/_Support_Dutch_Files/_IsRes.dll 208.9 KB 19 Aug 2015
Sound/RealTek/DATA1.CAB/_Support_Dutch_String_Tables/value.shl 1.2 KB 19 Aug 2015
Sound/RealTek/DATA1.CAB/_Support_English_Files/_IsRes.dll 200.7 KB 19 Aug 2015
Sound/RealTek/DATA1.CAB/_Support_English_String_Tables/value.shl 1.1 KB 19 Aug 2015
Sound/RealTek/DATA1.CAB/_Support_French_(Standard)_Files/_IsRes.dll 213.0 KB 19 Aug 2015
Sound/RealTek/DATA1.CAB/_Support_French_(Standard)_String_Tables/value.shl 1.2 KB 19 Aug 2015
Sound/RealTek/DATA1.CAB/_Support_German_Files/_IsRes.dll 213.0 KB 19 Aug 2015
Sound/RealTek/DATA1.CAB/_Support_German_String_Tables/value.shl 1.2 KB 19 Aug 2015
Sound/RealTek/DATA1.CAB/_Support_Italian_Files/_IsRes.dll 208.9 KB 19 Aug 2015
Sound/RealTek/DATA1.CAB/_Support_Italian_String_Tables/value.shl 1.2 KB 19 Aug 2015
Sound/RealTek/DATA1.CAB/_Support_Japanese_Files/_IsRes.dll 200.7 KB 19 Aug 2015
Sound/RealTek/DATA1.CAB/_Support_Japanese_String_Tables/value.shl 1.2 KB 19 Aug 2015
Sound/RealTek/DATA1.CAB/_Support_Korean_Files/_IsRes.dll 180.2 KB 19 Aug 2015
Sound/RealTek/DATA1.CAB/_Support_Korean_String_Tables/value.shl 1.2 KB 19 Aug 2015
Sound/RealTek/DATA1.CAB/_Support_Non-SelfRegistering/default.pal 1.2 KB 19 Aug 2015
Sound/RealTek/DATA1.CAB/_Support_Non-SelfRegistering/isrt.dll 311.3 KB 19 Aug 2015
Sound/RealTek/DATA1.CAB/_Support_Russian_Files/_IsRes.dll 204.8 KB 19 Aug 2015
Sound/RealTek/DATA1.CAB/_Support_Russian_String_Tables/value.shl 1.2 KB 19 Aug 2015
Sound/RealTek/DATA1.CAB/_Support_Spanish_Files/_IsRes.dll 213.0 KB 19 Aug 2015
Sound/RealTek/DATA1.CAB/_Support_Spanish_String_Tables/value.shl 1.2 KB 19 Aug 2015
Sound/RealTek/DATA2.CAB 512 bytes 17 Nov 2004
Sound/RealTek/DATA2.CAB/_Engine_Engine_Files/corecomp.ini 28.5 KB 19 Aug 2015
Sound/RealTek/DATA2.CAB/_Engine_Log_Services/ILog.dll 213.0 KB 19 Aug 2015
Sound/RealTek/DATA2.CAB/_Engine_ScriptEngine/IScript.dll 225.3 KB 19 Aug 2015
Sound/RealTek/DATA2.CAB/_Engine_SelfRegistering/ctor.dll 77.8 KB 19 Aug 2015
Sound/RealTek/DATA2.CAB/_Engine_SelfRegistering/iuser.dll 176.1 KB 19 Aug 2015
Sound/RealTek/DATA2.CAB/_Engine_SelfRegistering/objectps.dll 32.8 KB 19 Aug 2015
Sound/RealTek/DATA2.CAB/_Support_Chinese_(PRC)_Files/_IsRes.dll 167.9 KB 19 Aug 2015
Sound/RealTek/DATA2.CAB/_Support_Chinese_(PRC)_String_Tables/value.shl 939 bytes 19 Aug 2015
Sound/RealTek/DATA2.CAB/_Support_Chinese_(Taiwan)_Files/_IsRes.dll 163.8 KB 19 Aug 2015
Sound/RealTek/DATA2.CAB/_Support_Chinese_(Taiwan)_String_Tables/value.shl 972 bytes 19 Aug 2015
Sound/RealTek/DATA2.CAB/_Support_Dutch_Files/_IsRes.dll 208.9 KB 19 Aug 2015
Sound/RealTek/DATA2.CAB/_Support_Dutch_String_Tables/value.shl 1.2 KB 19 Aug 2015
Sound/RealTek/DATA2.CAB/_Support_English_Files/_IsRes.dll 200.7 KB 19 Aug 2015
Sound/RealTek/DATA2.CAB/_Support_English_String_Tables/value.shl 1.1 KB 19 Aug 2015
Sound/RealTek/DATA2.CAB/_Support_French_(Standard)_Files/_IsRes.dll 213.0 KB 19 Aug 2015
Sound/RealTek/DATA2.CAB/_Support_French_(Standard)_String_Tables/value.shl 1.2 KB 19 Aug 2015
Sound/RealTek/DATA2.CAB/_Support_German_Files/_IsRes.dll 213.0 KB 19 Aug 2015
Sound/RealTek/DATA2.CAB/_Support_German_String_Tables/value.shl 1.2 KB 19 Aug 2015
Sound/RealTek/DATA2.CAB/_Support_Italian_Files/_IsRes.dll 208.9 KB 19 Aug 2015
Sound/RealTek/DATA2.CAB/_Support_Italian_String_Tables/value.shl 1.2 KB 19 Aug 2015
Sound/RealTek/DATA2.CAB/_Support_Japanese_Files/_IsRes.dll 200.7 KB 19 Aug 2015
Sound/RealTek/DATA2.CAB/_Support_Japanese_String_Tables/value.shl 1.2 KB 19 Aug 2015
Sound/RealTek/DATA2.CAB/_Support_Korean_Files/_IsRes.dll 180.2 KB 19 Aug 2015
Sound/RealTek/DATA2.CAB/_Support_Korean_String_Tables/value.shl 1.2 KB 19 Aug 2015
Sound/RealTek/DATA2.CAB/_Support_Non-SelfRegistering/default.pal 1.2 KB 19 Aug 2015
Sound/RealTek/DATA2.CAB/_Support_Non-SelfRegistering/isrt.dll 311.3 KB 19 Aug 2015
Sound/RealTek/DATA2.CAB/_Support_Russian_Files/_IsRes.dll 204.8 KB 19 Aug 2015
Sound/RealTek/DATA2.CAB/_Support_Russian_String_Tables/value.shl 1.2 KB 19 Aug 2015
Sound/RealTek/DATA2.CAB/_Support_Spanish_Files/_IsRes.dll 213.0 KB 19 Aug 2015
Sound/RealTek/DATA2.CAB/_Support_Spanish_String_Tables/value.shl 1.2 KB 19 Aug 2015
Sound/RealTek/GETDXVER.EXE 40.4 KB 8 Aug 2003
Sound/RealTek/IKERNEL.EX_ 344.9 KB 4 Sep 2001
Sound/RealTek/LAYOUT.BIN 422 bytes 17 Nov 2004
Sound/RealTek/README.TXT 20.6 KB 28 Dec 2004
Sound/RealTek/SetCDfmt.exe 23.6 KB 2 Dec 2001
Sound/RealTek/Setup.exe 139.3 KB 9 Jan 2000
Sound/RealTek/Setup.ini 2.2 KB 28 Dec 2004
Sound/RealTek/SetupEx.ini 136 bytes 5 Nov 2004
Sound/RealTek/WDM/ALCXWDM.SYS 2.3 MB 22 Dec 2004
Sound/RealTek/WDM/ALSNDMGR.WAV 141.0 KB 4 Feb 2002
Sound/RealTek/WDM/ALSndMgr.cpl 17.6 MB 22 Dec 2004
Sound/RealTek/WDM/Alcxwdm.cat 513.8 KB 28 Dec 2004
Sound/RealTek/WDM/Alcxwdm.inf 26.3 KB 28 Dec 2004
Sound/RealTek/WDM/Alcxwdm0.inf 61.8 KB 22 Dec 2004
Sound/RealTek/WDM/Alcxwdm1.inf 61.1 KB 22 Dec 2004
Sound/RealTek/WDM/Alcxwdm10.inf 38.6 KB 22 Dec 2004
Sound/RealTek/WDM/Alcxwdm11.inf 25.4 KB 22 Dec 2004
Sound/RealTek/WDM/Alcxwdm12.inf 39.9 KB 21 Dec 2004
Sound/RealTek/WDM/Alcxwdm13.inf 44.4 KB 22 Dec 2004
Sound/RealTek/WDM/Alcxwdm14.inf 28.4 KB 22 Dec 2004
Sound/RealTek/WDM/Alcxwdm15.inf 28.0 KB 22 Dec 2004
Sound/RealTek/WDM/Alcxwdm16.inf 28.1 KB 22 Dec 2004
Sound/RealTek/WDM/Alcxwdm17.inf 24.7 KB 22 Dec 2004
Sound/RealTek/WDM/Alcxwdm18.inf 22.6 KB 22 Dec 2004
Sound/RealTek/WDM/Alcxwdm19.inf 24.5 KB 22 Dec 2004
Sound/RealTek/WDM/Alcxwdm2.inf 62.6 KB 22 Dec 2004
Sound/RealTek/WDM/Alcxwdm20.inf 27.8 KB 22 Dec 2004
Sound/RealTek/WDM/Alcxwdm21.inf 24.7 KB 22 Dec 2004
Sound/RealTek/WDM/Alcxwdm22.inf 35.1 KB 22 Dec 2004
Sound/RealTek/WDM/Alcxwdm23.inf 27.8 KB 22 Dec 2004
Sound/RealTek/WDM/Alcxwdm24.inf 28.9 KB 22 Dec 2004
Sound/RealTek/WDM/Alcxwdm3.inf 26.8 KB 22 Dec 2004
Sound/RealTek/WDM/Alcxwdm4.inf 48.0 KB 22 Dec 2004
Sound/RealTek/WDM/Alcxwdm5.inf 25.0 KB 22 Dec 2004
Sound/RealTek/WDM/Alcxwdm6.inf 30.5 KB 22 Dec 2004
Sound/RealTek/WDM/Alcxwdm7.inf 23.3 KB 22 Dec 2004
Sound/RealTek/WDM/Alcxwdm8.inf 29.9 KB 22 Dec 2004
Sound/RealTek/WDM/Alcxwdm9.inf 29.6 KB 22 Dec 2004
Sound/RealTek/WDM/RTLCPL.EXE 9.5 MB 22 Dec 2004
Sound/RealTek/WDM/RtlCPAPI.dll 156.7 KB 6 Sep 2004
Sound/RealTek/WDM/SoundMan.exe 77.8 KB 22 Dec 2004
Sound/RealTek/Win95/ALCX95.DRV 142.1 KB 17 Oct 2002
Sound/RealTek/Win95/ALCX95.INI 1.1 KB 18 Jun 2001
Sound/RealTek/Win95/ALSWWT.DRV 14.9 KB 25 Nov 1999
Sound/RealTek/Win95/ALSWWT16.DLL 86.9 KB 25 Nov 1999
Sound/RealTek/Win95/SWWTAC97.DAT 247.2 KB 9 Nov 1999
Sound/RealTek/Win95/SWWTAC97.TON 3.1 MB 9 Nov 1999
Sound/RealTek/Win95/VALCX95.INF 6.0 KB 17 Oct 2002
Sound/RealTek/Win95/VALCX95.VXD 97.5 KB 17 Oct 2002
Sound/RealTek/WinNT4/ALCXNT.DLL 43.1 KB 29 Aug 2004
Sound/RealTek/WinNT4/ALCXNT.SYS 209.7 KB 29 Aug 2004
Sound/RealTek/WinNT4/ALSWWTNT.DAT 247.2 KB 21 Oct 1999
Sound/RealTek/WinNT4/ALSWWTNT.TON 3.1 MB 21 Oct 1999
Sound/RealTek/WinNT4/Alswwtnt.dll 23.0 KB 3 Apr 2003
Sound/RealTek/WinNT4/Alswwtnt.sys 115.2 KB 3 Apr 2003
Sound/RealTek/WinNT4/MMDRV.DLL 17.4 KB 29 Aug 2004
Sound/RealTek/WinNT4/Oemsetup.inf 640 bytes 17 Oct 2002
Sound/RealTek/WinNT4/SoundMan.exe 155.1 KB 21 Apr 2003

How to Update Realtek AC'97 Audio for VIA686/8231 Audio Controller Device Drivers Quickly & Easily

Step 1 - Download Your Driver

To get the Realtek AC'97 Audio for VIA686/8231 Audio Controller driver, click the green download button above. After you complete your download, move on to Step 2.

If the driver listed is not the right version or operating system, search our driver archive for the correct version. Enter Realtek AC'97 Audio for VIA686/8231 Audio Controller into the search box above and then submit. In the results, choose the best match for your PC and operating system.

Tech Tip: If you are having trouble deciding which is the right driver, try the RealTek Driver Update Utility. It is a software utility which automatically finds and downloads the right driver.

To find the newest driver, you may need to visit the RealTek website. Most major device manufacturers update their drivers regularly.

Step 2 - Install Your Driver

Once you have downloaded your new driver, you'll need to install it. In Windows, use a built-in utility called Device Manager, which allows you to see all of the devices recognized by your system, and the drivers associated with them.

How to Open Device Manager

  • In Windows 11, Windows 10 & Windows 8.1, right-click the Start menu and select Device Manager

  • In Windows 8, swipe up from the bottom, or right-click anywhere on the desktop and choose "All Apps" -> swipe or scroll right and choose "Control Panel" (under Windows System section) -> Hardware and Sound -> Device Manager

  • In Windows 7, click Start -> Control Panel -> Hardware and Sound -> Device Manager

  • In Windows Vista, click Start -> Control Panel -> System and Maintenance -> Device Manager

  • In Windows XP, click Start -> Control Panel -> Performance and Maintenance -> System -> Hardware tab -> Device Manager button

How to Install a driver from Device Manager

  1. Locate the device and model that is having the issue and double-click on it to open the Properties dialog box.

  2. Select the Driver tab.

  3. Click the Update Driver button and follow the instructions.

In most cases, you will need to reboot your computer in order for the driver update to take effect.

Tech Tip: Driver downloads and updates come in a variety of file formats with different file extensions. For example, you may have downloaded an EXE, INF, ZIP, or SYS file. Each file type has a slighty different installation procedure to follow.

For more help, visit our Driver Support Page for step-by-step videos on how to install drivers for every file type.

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