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. The hardware id of this driver is PCI/VEN_8086&DEV_1E02&SUBSYS_05481028; this string has to match your hardware.

1. How to 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 location below. This download link is for the driver version 11.6.1.1001 released on 2012-09-18.
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3. Start the driver setup file from a Windows account with administrative rights. If your User Access Control (UAC) is running then you will have to confirm the installation of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Follow the driver setup wizard, which should be pretty easy to follow. The driver setup wizard will analyze your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Shutdown and restart your computer and enjoy the fresh driver, it is as simple as that.
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This driver is digitally signed.
The file size of this driver is 378595 bytes (369.72 KB)
This driver was rated with an average of 4.7 stars by 21275 users.
This driver will work for the following versions of Windows:

• 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. 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 setup the driver for you in just a few seconds and it will keep each driver up to date, not just this one. How can you install a driver with DriverMax? Let's see!

1. Start DriverMax and press on the yellow button named ~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 driver updates. Scroll the list down until you locate the Intel Corporation Intel R 7 Series/C216 Chipset Family SATA AHCI Controller driver. Click on Update.
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5. That's all, the driver is now installed!
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