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Once you download your new driver, then you need to install it. To install a driver in Windows, you will need to use a built-in utility called Device Manager. It allows you to see all of the devices recognized by your system, and the drivers associated with them.

Open Device Manager

• In 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

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Install Drivers With 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.

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• Ensures your hardware runs at peak performance.

• Fixes bugs so your system will have fewer crashes.

• Unlocks new features and configuration options in your devices, especially with video cards and gaming devices.

The CM6206-LX chipset that is in many cheap USB sound card devices uses the last driver that was supported by C-Media which is for Windows 8. To install the driver on Windows 10 you will have to manually install the driver.

USB spec. 2.0 full speed compliant
USB audio device class spec. 1.0 and USB HID class spec. 1.1 compliant
IEC60958 spec. compliant (consumer format S/PDIF input and output with loop-back support)
SCMS (Serial Copy Management System) compliant
Dolby® digital audio streaming via S/PDIF output interface
USB remote wake-up support
6 channel DAC output with 16 bit resolution
3.1 Vpp (1.1 Vrms) biased at 2.25V output swing
Volume control and mute function
Earphone buffer
Self power / Bus power selectable (by EEPROM)
2X interpolator for digital playback data to improve quality
2 channel ADC input with 16 bit resolution

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• USB spec. 2.0 full speed compliant
• USB audio device class spec. 1.0 and USB HID class spec. 1.1 compliant
• IEC60958 spec. compliant (consumer format S/PDIF input and output with loop-back support)
• SCMS (Serial Copy Management System) compliant
• Dolby® digital audio streaming via S/PDIF out
• USB remote wake-up support
• 5.1 channel DAC output with 16 bit resolution 3.1 Vpp (1.1 Vrms) biased at 2.25V output swing Volume control and mute function Earphone buffer 2X interpolator for digital playback data to improve quality
• 2 channel ADC input with 16 bit resolution 3.2 Vpp (or 4.0 Vpp programmed by vendor driver) biased at 2.25V input swing Volume control and mute function
• Additional headphone output with selectable source and phone jack sense
• Stereo MIC support with 33dB maximum capability
• Recording source select from S/PDIF, MIC, Line-in and summation of MIC, Line-in and front channel
• MIC, Line-in monitor from front channel (all channels optional) with volume control and mute function
• Master volume control by default; per-channel volume control by C-Media driver
• Playback with soft-mute function
• Support 48 / 44.1 KHz sampling rate for both playback and recording
• MCU support with two-wire serial interface
• Serial EEPROM support for customized VID/PID
• MCU / EEPROM / GPIO control via HID software interface
• Volume up / volume down / playback mute HID button
• LED indicator pins: operation / recording mute / SCMS protection
• C-Media value added software (multi-channel positional 3D sound, EQ, speaker shifter, etc.)
• Embedded USB transceiver and power on reset circuit
• Single 12MHz crystal input with embedded PLL
• Single 5V power supply with embedded 5V to 3.3V regulator
• Industry standard LQFP-48 package

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• Insert the USB device into your computer/laptop.
• If Windows doesn't automatically install the device, you will need to go to the Device Manager and look for the device that will most likely have a exclamation mark next to it because the drivers were not installed.
• From here right click on the device in the device manager, and manually install the driver for the device using the driver you extracted to your computer.