Intel Corporation Intel R 8 Series Chipset Family SATA AHCI Controller - two ways of downloading and installing the driver

Intel R 8 Series Chipset Family SATA AHCI Controller is a hdc hardware device. This driver was developed by Intel Corporation. PCI/VEN_8086&DEV_8C03&CC_0106 is the matching hardware id of this device.

1. Install Intel Corporation Intel R 8 Series Chipset Family SATA AHCI Controller driver manually

1. Download the driver setup file for Intel Corporation Intel R 8 Series Chipset Family SATA AHCI Controller driver from the link below. This download link is for the driver version 13.2.0.1014 dated 2014-05-05.
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3. Run 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. Go through the driver installation wizard, which should be pretty straightforward. The driver installation 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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2. Installing the Intel Corporation Intel R 8 Series 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, not just this one. How can you install a driver with DriverMax? Let's see!

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 PC.
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3. Take a look at the list of detected driver updates. Scroll the list down until you find the Intel Corporation Intel R 8 Series Chipset Family SATA AHCI Controller driver. Click the Update button.
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5. Enjoy using the updated driver! :)
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