Driver for Intel Corporation Intel R 7 Series/C216 Chipset Family SATA AHCI Controller - downloading and installing it

Intel R 7 Series/C216 Chipset Family SATA AHCI Controller is a hdc device. This Windows driver was developed by Intel Corporation. PCI/VEN_8086&DEV_1E02&CC_0106 is the matching hardware id of this device.

1. Manually install Intel Corporation Intel R 7 Series/C216 Chipset Family SATA AHCI Controller driver

1. Download the driver setup file for Intel Corporation Intel R 7 Series/C216 Chipset Family SATA AHCI Controller driver from the link below. This download link is for the driver version 12.9.3.1000 released on 2014-03-25.
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3. Run the driver setup file from a Windows account with the highest privileges (rights). If your User Access Control Service (UAC) is running then you will have to accept of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Follow the driver installation wizard, which should be quite straightforward. The driver installation wizard will scan your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Restart your PC and enjoy the updated driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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2. The easy way: using DriverMax to install Intel Corporation Intel R 7 Series/C216 Chipset Family SATA AHCI Controller driver

The most important 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, not just this one. How can you install a driver using DriverMax? Let's take a look!

1. Open DriverMax and push on the yellow button named ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to scan and analyze each driver on your computer.
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3. Take a look at the list of detected driver updates. Search the list until you locate the Intel Corporation Intel R 7 Series/C216 Chipset Family 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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