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

Intel R SATA/RAID/AHCI Controller is a SCSI Adapter hardware device. The developer of this driver was Intel. In order to make sure you are downloading the exact right driver the hardware id is PCI/VEN_8086&DEV_27C1&CC_0106.

1. Install Intel Intel R SATA/RAID/AHCI Controller driver manually

1. Download the driver setup file for Intel Intel R SATA/RAID/AHCI Controller driver from the location below. This download link is for the driver version 1.0.0.3 released on 2008-09-21.
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3. Run 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. Follow 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. Shutdown and restart your PC and enjoy the updated driver, it is as simple as that.
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This driver is not digitally signed.
The file size of this driver is 199906 bytes (195.22 KB)
This driver was rated with an average of 3.8 stars by 67476 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. Installing the Intel Intel R SATA/RAID/AHCI Controller driver using DriverMax: the easy way

The most important advantage of using DriverMax is that it will setup 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 see!

1. Start DriverMax and press on the yellow button that says ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to 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 locate the Intel Intel R SATA/RAID/AHCI Controller driver. Click on Update.
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5. That's it, you installed your first driver!
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