Driver for Intel Intel R ICH7R/DH SATA AHCI Controller - downloading and installing it

Intel R ICH7R/DH SATA AHCI Controller is a hdc hardware device. This Windows driver was developed by Intel. The hardware id of this driver is PCI/VEN_8086&DEV_27C1&SUBSYS_2A53103C.

1. Intel Intel R ICH7R/DH SATA AHCI Controller - install the driver manually

1. Download the driver setup file for Intel Intel R ICH7R/DH SATA AHCI Controller driver from the location below. This download link is for the driver version 8.6.1.1002 released on 2008-10-06.
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3. Start 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 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 analyze your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Restart your computer 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.
The file size of this driver is 204606 bytes (199.81 KB)
This driver was installed by many users and received an average rating of 4.5 stars out of 89099 votes.
This driver is fully 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 most important 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, not just this one. How easy can you install a driver using DriverMax? Let's take a look!

1. Open 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 driver updates. Search the list until you locate the Intel Intel R ICH7R/DH SATA AHCI Controller driver. Click the Update button.
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5. That's it, you installed your first driver!
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