Intel Intel R Ethernet Controller X540-AT2 - two ways of downloading and installing the driver

Intel R Ethernet Controller X540-AT2 is a Network Adapters hardware device. This driver was developed by Intel. The hardware id of this driver is PCI/VEN_8086&DEV_1528; this string has to match your hardware.

1. Intel Intel R Ethernet Controller X540-AT2 driver - how to install it manually

1. You can download from the link below the driver setup file for the Intel Intel R Ethernet Controller X540-AT2 driver. The archive contains version 3.4.47.0 dated 2013-03-18 of the driver.
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3. Run the driver installer file from a user account with administrative rights. If your UAC (User Access Control) is enabled please accept 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 quite 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 computer in order to use the updated driver. As you can see it was quite smple to install a Windows driver!
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This driver is digitally signed by the manufacturer.
The file size of this driver is 180652 bytes (176.42 KB)
Driver rating 4.7 stars out of 75579 votes.
This driver was released for the following versions of Windows:

• This driver works on Windows Server 2003 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows XP 32 bits

2. Installing the Intel Intel R Ethernet Controller X540-AT2 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 easy can you install a driver using DriverMax? Let's follow a few steps!

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 PC.
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3. Take a look at the list of available driver updates. Scroll the list down until you find the Intel Intel R Ethernet Controller X540-AT2 driver. Click the Update button.
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5. That's it, you installed your first driver!
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