Intel 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. 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_1E02&SUBSYS_2AD5103C.

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

1. Download the driver setup file for Intel Intel R 7 Series/C216 Chipset Family SATA AHCI Controller driver from the location below. This is the download link for the driver version 11.0.0.1032 dated 2011-11-29.
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3. Start the driver installation file from a Windows account with administrative rights. If your User Access Control (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. 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 updated driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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This driver is digitally signed by Intel.
Size of this driver: 330947 bytes (323.19 KB)
This driver received an average rating of 4.2 stars out of 22922 votes.
This driver was released 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. The easy way: using DriverMax to install Intel Intel R 7 Series/C216 Chipset Family SATA AHCI Controller driver

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

1. Start DriverMax and push on the yellow button that says ~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 available driver updates. Scroll the list down until you find the Intel Intel R 7 Series/C216 Chipset Family SATA AHCI Controller driver. Click on Update.
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5. Enjoy using the updated driver! :)
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