Intel Corporation Intel R 7 Series/C216 Chipset Family SATA AHCI Controller - two ways of downloading and installing the driver

Intel R 7 Series/C216 Chipset Family SATA AHCI Controller is a hdc hardware device. This driver was developed by Intel Corporation. PCI/VEN_8086&DEV_1E02&SUBSYS_05821028 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 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 11.6.1.1001 released on 2012-09-18.
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3. Run the driver installation file from a Windows account with the highest privileges (rights). If your UAC (User Access Control) is enabled then you will have to accept 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 easy to follow. The driver setup wizard will scan your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Restart your computer and enjoy the new driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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Intel Corporation applied a digital signature to this driver.
File size of the driver: 378595 bytes (369.72 KB)
Driver rating 4.8 stars out of 21668 votes.
This driver is compatible with 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. How to install Intel Corporation Intel R 7 Series/C216 Chipset Family 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 easy can you install a driver with DriverMax? Let's follow a few steps!

1. Start DriverMax and click on the yellow button named ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to analyze each driver on your PC.
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3. Take a look at the list of detected driver updates. Scroll the list down 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. Enjoy using the updated driver! :)
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