Intel Intel R ICH8R/DH/DO SATA AHCI Controller - two ways of downloading and installing the driver

Intel R ICH8R/DH/DO SATA AHCI Controller is a hdc device. The developer of this driver was Intel. The hardware id of this driver is PCI/VEN_8086&DEV_2821&SUBSYS_2A36103C; this string has to match your hardware.

1. Install Intel Intel R ICH8R/DH/DO SATA AHCI Controller driver manually

1. Download the setup file for Intel Intel R ICH8R/DH/DO SATA AHCI Controller driver from the location below. This is the download link for the driver version 8.7.0.1007 released on 2008-12-04.
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3. Run the driver installation file from a Windows account with administrative rights. If your User Access Control Service (UAC) is started then you will have to 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 should be quite straightforward. The driver setup wizard will analyze your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Restart your PC and enjoy the new driver, it is as simple as that.
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This driver is digitally signed by the manufacturer.
Size of this driver: 239506 bytes (233.89 KB)
This driver received an average rating of 4.1 stars out of 55554 votes.
This driver will work for the following versions of Windows:

• This driver works on Windows 2000 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows Server 2003 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows XP 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows Vista 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 7 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 8 64 bits
• 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 ICH8R/DH/DO SATA AHCI Controller driver

The most important advantage of using DriverMax is that it will install 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 with DriverMax? Let's see!

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 computer.
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3. Take a look at the list of driver updates. Scroll the list down until you find the Intel Intel R ICH8R/DH/DO SATA AHCI Controller driver. Click the Update button.
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5. Finished installing the driver!
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