Driver for Intel Corporation Intel R 8 Series Chipset Family SATA AHCI Controller - downloading and installing it

Intel R 8 Series Chipset Family SATA AHCI Controller is a hdc device. The developer of this driver was Intel Corporation. The hardware id of this driver is PCI/VEN_8086&DEV_8C03&CC_0106; this string has to match your hardware.

1. How to manually install Intel Corporation Intel R 8 Series Chipset Family SATA AHCI Controller driver

1. Download the setup file for Intel Corporation Intel R 8 Series Chipset Family SATA AHCI Controller driver from the location below. This download link is for the driver version 12.8.8.1000 dated 2013-10-28.
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3. Start the driver setup file from a Windows account with administrative rights. If your User Access Control Service (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 straightforward. The driver setup wizard will analyze your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Restart your PC and enjoy the updated driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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This driver is not digitally signed.

This driver was installed by many users and received an average rating of 3.4 stars out of 64071 votes.

2. Installing the Intel Corporation Intel R 8 Series Chipset Family SATA AHCI Controller driver using DriverMax: the easy way

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

1. Start DriverMax and click on the yellow button that says ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to scan and 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 8 Series 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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