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 hardware device. The developer of this driver was Intel Corporation. In order to make sure you are downloading the exact right driver the hardware id is PCI/VEN_8086&DEV_9C03&CC_0106.

1. Intel Corporation Intel R 8 Series Chipset Family SATA AHCI Controller - install the driver manually

1. You can download from the link below the driver installer file for the Intel Corporation Intel R 8 Series Chipset Family SATA AHCI Controller driver. The archive contains version 12.9.0.1001 dated 2013-10-28 of the driver.
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3. Run the driver installer file from a user account with the highest privileges (rights). If your UAC (User Access Control) is running please confirm the installation of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Follow the driver installation wizard, which will guide you; it should be pretty easy to follow. The driver installation wizard will analyze your PC and will install the right driver.
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7. When the operation finishes shutdown and restart your PC in order to use the updated driver. As you can see it was quite smple to install a Windows driver!
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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 advantage of using DriverMax is that it will setup 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 using DriverMax? Let's follow a few steps!

1. Open DriverMax and click on the yellow button that says ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to analyze each driver on your PC.
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3. Take a look at the list of available driver updates. Scroll the list down until you locate 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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