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

Intel R 7 Series Chipset Family SATA AHCI Controller is a hdc hardware device. This Windows driver was developed by Intel Corporation. PCI/VEN_8086&DEV_1E03&SUBSYS_05841028 is the matching hardware id of this device.

1. Intel Corporation Intel R 7 Series Chipset Family SATA AHCI Controller driver - how to install it manually

1. Download the driver setup file for Intel Corporation Intel R 7 Series Chipset Family SATA AHCI Controller driver from the link below. This is the download link 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 User Access Control (UAC) is started 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 quite straightforward. 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 PC and enjoy the fresh driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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This driver is digitally signed by Intel Corporation.
Size of this driver: 378595 bytes (369.72 KB)
This driver was installed by many users and received an average rating of 4.6 stars out of 30565 votes.
This driver is fully 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. Installing the Intel Corporation Intel R 7 Series Chipset Family SATA AHCI Controller driver using DriverMax: the easy way

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. How can you install a driver using 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 detected driver updates. Search the list until you locate the Intel Corporation Intel R 7 Series 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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