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 hardware device. This driver was developed by Intel Corporation. The hardware id of this driver is PCI/VEN_8086&DEV_1E02&SUBSYS_2AD5103C.

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

1. You can download from the link below the driver setup file for the Intel Corporation Intel R 7 Series/C216 Chipset Family SATA AHCI Controller driver. The archive contains version 12.8.2.1000 released on 2013-08-28 of the driver.
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3. Run the driver installer file from a user account with administrative rights. If your UAC (User Access Control) is started please confirm the installation of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Go through the driver installation wizard, which will guide you; it should be quite easy to follow. The driver installation wizard will analyze your PC and will install the right driver.
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7. When the operation finishes restart your PC in order to use the updated driver. It is as simple as that to install a Windows driver!
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Intel Corporation applied a digital signature to this driver.
File size of the driver: 364573 bytes (356.03 KB)
Driver rating 5 stars out of 55856 votes.
This driver is compatible with the following versions of Windows:

• 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. Installing the Intel Corporation Intel R 7 Series/C216 Chipset Family SATA AHCI Controller driver using DriverMax: the easy way

The most important advantage of using DriverMax is that it will install the driver for you in just a few seconds and it will keep each driver up to date. How can you install a driver with DriverMax? Let's see!

1. Start DriverMax and push 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 driver updates. Search the list 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 it, you installed your first driver!
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