Download and install Intel Intel R ICH7R/DH SATA AHCI Controller driver

Intel R ICH7R/DH SATA AHCI Controller is a hdc 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_2A88103C.

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

1. You can download from the link below the driver setup file for the Intel Intel R ICH7R/DH SATA AHCI Controller driver. The archive contains version 8.6.1.1002 released on 2008-10-06 of the driver.
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3. Start the driver installer file from a user account with administrative rights. If your User Access Control Service (UAC) is started please confirm the installation 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 quite easy to follow. The driver setup wizard will scan your computer 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.
Download size of the driver: 204606 bytes (199.81 KB)
This driver was rated with an average of 4 stars by 90649 users.
This driver was released for 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. The easy way: using DriverMax to install Intel Intel R ICH7R/DH SATA AHCI Controller driver

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. How easy can you install a driver using DriverMax? Let's take a look!

1. Open DriverMax and press 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 detected driver updates. Scroll the list down until you find the Intel Intel R ICH7R/DH SATA AHCI Controller driver. Click the Update button.
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5. That's all, the driver is now installed!
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