Intel Intel R Ethernet Connection X552 10 GbE SFP - two ways of downloading and installing the driver

Intel R Ethernet Connection X552 10 GbE SFP is a Network Adapters hardware device. The Windows version of this driver was developed by Intel. The hardware id of this driver is PCI/VEN_8086&DEV_15AC; this string has to match your hardware.

1. Install Intel Intel R Ethernet Connection X552 10 GbE SFP driver manually

1. Download the setup file for Intel Intel R Ethernet Connection X552 10 GbE SFP driver from the location below. This download link is for the driver version 3.14.36.0 dated 2017-04-20.
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3. Run the driver installation file from a Windows account with the highest privileges (rights). If your User Access Control Service (UAC) is enabled then you will have to accept of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Go through the driver installation wizard, which should be quite straightforward. 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, as you can see it was quite smple.
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Intel applied a digital signature to this driver.
Size of this driver: 413147 bytes (403.46 KB)
This driver was rated with an average of 4.5 stars by 55509 users.
This driver was released 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 Intel R Ethernet Connection X552 10 GbE SFP driver

The most important 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 using DriverMax? Let's follow a few steps!

1. Start 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 available driver updates. Search the list until you find the Intel Intel R Ethernet Connection X552 10 GbE SFP driver. Click the Update button.
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5. That's it, you installed your first driver!
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