Intel Corporation Intel R 8 Series Chipset Family SATA AHCI Controller driver download and installation

Intel R 8 Series Chipset Family SATA AHCI Controller is a hdc hardware device. This Windows driver was developed by Intel Corporation. In order to make sure you are downloading the exact right driver the hardware id is PCI/VEN_8086&DEV_8C03&SUBSYS_2B43103C.

1. Manually install Intel Corporation Intel R 8 Series Chipset Family SATA AHCI Controller driver

1. Download the driver setup file for Intel Corporation Intel R 8 Series Chipset Family SATA AHCI Controller driver from the location below. This is the download link for the driver version 13.1.0.1058 released on 2014-05-02.
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3. Start the driver setup file from a Windows account with the highest privileges (rights). If your User Access Control Service (UAC) is started then you will have to accept 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. Shutdown and restart your computer and enjoy the new driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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This driver is digitally signed by the manufacturer.
Size of this driver: 412809 bytes (403.13 KB)
This driver was installed by many users and received an average rating of 4 stars out of 11323 votes.
This driver was released for 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 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 the easiest possible way and it will keep each driver up to date. How can you install a driver with DriverMax? Let's see!

1. Open DriverMax and press 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 find the Intel Corporation Intel R 8 Series Chipset Family SATA AHCI Controller driver. Click the Update button.
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5. That's it, you installed your first driver!
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