INTELAUDIO\CTLR_DEV_51C9&LINKTYPE_03&DEVTYPE_04&VEN_8086&DEV_AE34
What this hardware ID is
INTELAUDIO\CTLR_DEV_51C9&LINKTYPE_03&DEVTYPE_04&VEN_8086&DEV_AE34 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_51C9 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_51C9&LINKTYPE_03&DEVTYPE_04&VEN_8086&DEV_AE34- Bus
- INTELAUDIO
- Vendor
- Intel Corporation (8086)
- Device
- 51C9
- Compatible drivers
- 7
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 Logic Audio Driver · Cirrus
- Realtek Audio Driver - 10 (20H2 or Later) 11 (21H2 or Later) · Lenovo
- Realtek Audio Driver - 11 (21H2 or Later) · Lenovo
Drivers supporting this hardware (7)
Not sure which one? Start with the row marked Recommended: the newest release that has a verified file for Windows 11 and 10.
DriverManufacturerVersionReleasedWindows / ArchDownload
- RecommendedRealtek High Definition Audio DriverSHA-256 verifiedRealtek6.0.9780.1April 3, 2026Windows 11Windows 1064-bitDownload
- Cirrus Logic Audio DriverSHA-256 verifiedCirrus6.2.19April 13, 2025Windows 11Windows 1064-bitDownload
- Realtek Audio Driver - 11 (21H2 or Later)SHA-256 verifiedLenovo10.0.61.1October 8, 2024Windows 1164-bitDownload
- Realtek High Definition Audio DriverSHA-256 verifiedRealtek6.0.9700.1October 8, 2024Windows 11Windows 1064-bitDownload
- Realtek High Definition Audio DriverSHA-256 verifiedRealtek6.0.9661.1August 13, 2024Windows 11Windows 1064-bitDownload
- Realtek High Definition Audio DriverSHA-256 verifiedRealtek6.0.9635.1May 17, 2024Windows 11Windows 1064-bitDownload
- Realtek Audio Driver - 10 (20H2 or Later) 11 (21H2 or Later)SHA-256 verifiedLenovo6.0.9319.1/10.29.0.8467March 8, 2023Windows 11Windows 1064-bitDownload
If the device still does not work
Other Intel Corporation hardware IDs
- INTELAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_8086&DEV_2811181
- INTELAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_8086&DEV_2812177
- INTELAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_8086&DEV_2816161
- INTELAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_8086&DEV_2815157
- INTELAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_8086&DEV_281B155
- INTELAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_8086&DEV_2809113
- INTELAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_8086&DEV_2818101
- INTELAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_8086&DEV_280A69