Intel Intel R Ethernet Controller X710 for 10GbE backplane - two ways of downloading and installing the driver

Intel R Ethernet Controller X710 for 10GbE backplane is a Network Adapters device. This Windows driver was developed by Intel. PCI/VEN_8086&DEV_1581 is the matching hardware id of this device.

1. How to manually install Intel Intel R Ethernet Controller X710 for 10GbE backplane driver

1. You can download from the link below the driver installer file for the Intel Intel R Ethernet Controller X710 for 10GbE backplane driver. The archive contains version 1.9.221.0 released on 2018-10-24 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 started please accept of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Go through the driver setup wizard, which will guide you; it should be pretty easy to follow. The driver setup wizard will analyze your computer 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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Intel applied a digital signature to this driver.
Size of this driver: 472059 bytes (461.00 KB)
This driver was rated with an average of 4.2 stars by 23771 users.
This driver is fully compatible with the following versions of Windows:

• 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 Controller X710 for 10GbE backplane driver

The most important advantage of using DriverMax is that it will install 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 follow a few steps!

1. Open DriverMax and click on the yellow button named ~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 driver updates. Search the list until you find the Intel Intel R Ethernet Controller X710 for 10GbE backplane driver. Click on Update.
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5. That's all, the driver is now installed!
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