Intel Corporation Intel R 82580 Gigabit SFP Connection - two ways of downloading and installing the driver

Intel R 82580 Gigabit SFP Connection is a Network Adapters hardware device. This driver was developed by Intel Corporation. The hardware id of this driver is PCI/VEN_8086&DEV_1511; this string has to match your hardware.

1. How to manually install Intel Corporation Intel R 82580 Gigabit SFP Connection driver

1. Download the driver setup file for Intel Corporation Intel R 82580 Gigabit SFP Connection driver from the link below. This download link is for the driver version 12.0.150.0 dated 2012-02-29.
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3. Start the driver installation 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 installation wizard, which should be pretty easy to follow. The driver installation wizard will analyze your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Restart your computer and enjoy the updated driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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There is no digital signature available for this driver.
Download size of the driver: 150589 bytes (147.06 KB)
This driver received an average rating of 3.5 stars out of 75382 votes.
This driver is fully compatible with the following versions of Windows:

• This driver works on Windows 8 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 8.1 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 10 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 11 32 bits

2. How to use DriverMax to install Intel Corporation Intel R 82580 Gigabit SFP Connection driver

The advantage of using DriverMax is that it will setup the driver for you in just a few seconds and it will keep each driver up to date. How can you install a driver with DriverMax? Let's see!

1. Start DriverMax and press on the yellow button that says ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to 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 locate the Intel Corporation Intel R 82580 Gigabit SFP Connection driver. Click on Update.
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5. Enjoy using the updated driver! :)
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