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. PCI/VEN_8086&DEV_9C03&SUBSYS_2AFA103C is the matching hardware id of this device.

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

1. Download the 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 12.8.2.1000 released on 2013-08-28.
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3. Run the driver installation file from a Windows account with administrative rights. If your User Access Control (UAC) is enabled then you will have to accept of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Follow the driver installation wizard, which should be quite easy to follow. The driver installation wizard will scan your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Shutdown and restart your PC and enjoy the updated driver, it is as simple as that.
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This driver is digitally signed by Intel Corporation.
Size of this driver: 364573 bytes (356.03 KB)
This driver was installed by many users and received an average rating of 4.8 stars out of 42339 votes.
This driver will work for the following versions of Windows:

• 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. The easy way: using DriverMax to install Intel Corporation Intel R 8 Series Chipset Family SATA AHCI Controller driver

The most important 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 easy can you install a driver with DriverMax? Let's see!

1. Open DriverMax and click on the yellow button named ~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. Enjoy using the updated driver! :)
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