Intel Intel R ICH7R/DH SATA AHCI Controller driver download and installation

Intel R ICH7R/DH SATA AHCI Controller is a hdc hardware device. This Windows driver was developed by Intel. In order to make sure you are downloading the exact right driver the hardware id is PCI/VEN_8086&DEV_27C1&SUBSYS_2A3B103C.

1. Install Intel Intel R ICH7R/DH SATA AHCI Controller driver manually

1. Download the setup file for Intel Intel R ICH7R/DH SATA AHCI Controller driver from the link below. This download link is for the driver version 8.6.1.1002 dated 2008-10-06.
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3. Run the driver setup 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 setup wizard, which should be pretty straightforward. The driver setup wizard will analyze your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Shutdown and restart your PC and enjoy the fresh 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: 204606 bytes (199.81 KB)
This driver was installed by many users and received an average rating of 4.7 stars out of 88833 votes.
This driver is compatible with the following versions of Windows:

• This driver works on Windows 2000 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows Server 2003 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows XP 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows Vista 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 7 32 bits
• 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 install Intel Intel R ICH7R/DH SATA AHCI Controller driver using DriverMax

The 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 see!

1. Start DriverMax and push on the yellow button that says ~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 locate the Intel Intel R ICH7R/DH SATA AHCI Controller driver. Click on Update.
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5. That's all, the driver is now installed!
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