Intel Intel R ICH9M SATA AHCI Controller - two ways of downloading and installing the driver

Intel R ICH9M 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_2929&CC_0106; this string has to match your hardware.

1. How to manually install Intel Intel R ICH9M SATA AHCI Controller driver

1. Download the driver setup file for Intel Intel R ICH9M SATA AHCI Controller driver from the location below. This is the download link for the driver version 8.0.0.1006 released on 2007-06-07.
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3. Start the driver setup file from a Windows account with the highest privileges (rights). If your User Access Control (UAC) is started 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 pretty easy to follow. The driver installation 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, it is as simple as that.
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This driver is not digitally signed.
Download size of the driver: 180383 bytes (176.16 KB)
This driver was installed by many users and received an average rating of 3.3 stars out of 34442 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 use DriverMax to install Intel Intel R ICH9M SATA AHCI Controller driver

The 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 can you install a driver using 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 available driver updates. Search the list until you locate the Intel Intel R ICH9M SATA AHCI Controller driver. Click on Update.
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5. That's all, the driver is now installed!
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