Intel Intel R 5 Series/3400 Series SATA AHCI Controller - two ways of downloading and installing the driver

Intel R 5 Series/3400 Series SATA AHCI Controller is a hdc hardware device. The developer of this driver was Intel. In order to make sure you are downloading the exact right driver the hardware id is PCI/VEN_8086&DEV_3B22&CC_0106.

1. Manually install Intel Intel R 5 Series/3400 Series SATA AHCI Controller driver

1. Download the driver setup file for Intel Intel R 5 Series/3400 Series SATA AHCI Controller driver from the link below. This is the download link for the driver version 10.1.5.1001 released on 2011-02-18.
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3. Run the driver installation file from a Windows account with the highest privileges (rights). If your User Access Control Service (UAC) is started then you will have to confirm the installation of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Go through the driver setup wizard, which should be pretty straightforward. The driver setup wizard will scan your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Shutdown and restart your PC and enjoy the updated driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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Intel applied a digital signature to this driver.
The file size of this driver is 257195 bytes (251.17 KB)
This driver was installed by many users and received an average rating of 4.6 stars out of 20444 votes.
This driver will work for the following versions of Windows:

• This driver works on Windows 2000 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows Server 2003 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows XP 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows Vista 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 7 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 8 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 8.1 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 10 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 11 64 bits

2. How to install Intel Intel R 5 Series/3400 Series SATA AHCI Controller driver using DriverMax

The advantage of using DriverMax is that it will install the driver for you in the easiest possible way and it will keep each driver up to date. How can you install a driver using DriverMax? Let's see!

1. Start DriverMax and push on the yellow button that says ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to analyze each driver on your computer.
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3. Take a look at the list of available driver updates. Scroll the list down until you locate the Intel Intel R 5 Series/3400 Series SATA AHCI Controller driver. Click the Update button.
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5. That's all, the driver is now installed!
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