INTELAUDIO\CTLR_DEV_43C8&LINKTYPE_03&DEVTYPE_04&VEN_8086
What this hardware ID is
INTELAUDIO\CTLR_DEV_43C8&LINKTYPE_03&DEVTYPE_04&VEN_8086 is the identifier Windows uses for one exact piece of hardware. It is the reason a driver either fits your device or does not - Windows matches this code, not the name of your laptop. Here VEN_8086 is the company that made the chip (Intel Corporation), and DEV_43C8 is the chip model.
Every driver listed below declares support for this exact code, so any of them will install on your device. Choosing between them:
- Take one that lists your Windows version and architecture - the badges are in the last column.
- A newer release date is usually the better start. If the newest one misbehaves, an older release is a perfectly normal fallback.
- SHA-256 verified means we downloaded that file ourselves and published its checksum and contents.
- Hardware ID
INTELAUDIO\CTLR_DEV_43C8&LINKTYPE_03&DEVTYPE_04&VEN_8086- Bus
- INTELAUDIO
- Vendor
- Intel Corporation (8086)
- Device
- 43C8
- Compatible drivers
- 12
Devices and driver packages with this ID
Makers ship drivers for this exact code under different names - all of them fit the same chip:
- Realtek High Definition Audio Driver · Realtek
- Cirrus Audio Driver · Cirrus
- Cirrus Logic Audio Driver · Cirrus
- Intel SST Driver - 11 (24H2 or Later) · Lenovo
Drivers supporting this hardware (12)
DriverManufacturerVersionReleasedWindows / Arch
- Intel SST Driver - 11 (24H2 or Later)SHA-256 verifiedLenovo10.29.00.12635June 5, 2026Windows 1164-bit
- Cirrus Audio DriverSHA-256 verifiedCirrus1.2.44June 5, 2026Windows 1164-bit
- Cirrus Logic Audio DriverSHA-256 verifiedCirrus6.2.49May 15, 2026Windows 1164-bit
- Realtek High Definition Audio DriverSHA-256 verifiedRealtek6.0.9835.3April 18, 2026Windows 1164-bit
- Realtek High Definition Audio DriverSHA-256 verifiedRealtek6.0.9780.3April 18, 2026Windows 1164-bit
- Realtek High Definition Audio DriverSHA-256 verifiedRealtek6.0.9835.2March 25, 2026Windows 11Windows 1064-bitARM64
- Realtek High Definition Audio DriverSHA-256 verifiedRealtek6.0.9927.1February 23, 2026Windows 1164-bit
- Cirrus Logic Audio DriverSHA-256 verifiedCirrus6.2.45February 20, 2026Windows 11Windows 1064-bit
- Realtek High Definition Audio DriverSHA-256 verifiedRealtek6.0.9912.1February 19, 2026Windows 11Windows 1064-bit
- Cirrus Audio DriverSHA-256 verifiedCirrus1.2.43February 17, 2026Windows 11Windows 1064-bit
- Realtek High Definition Audio DriverSHA-256 verifiedRealtek6.0.9780.2February 17, 2026Windows 11Windows 1064-bit
- Realtek High Definition Audio DriverSHA-256 verifiedRealtek6.0.9853.1September 16, 2025Windows 11Windows 1064-bit