Intel R Corporation Intel R USB 3.1 eXtensible Host Controller - two ways of downloading and installing the driver

Intel R USB 3.1 eXtensible Host Controller is a USB Universal Serial Bus hardware device. This driver was developed by Intel R Corporation. PCI/VEN_8086&DEV_A3AF is the matching hardware id of this device.

1. Install Intel R Corporation Intel R USB 3.1 eXtensible Host Controller driver manually

1. Download the driver setup file for Intel R Corporation Intel R USB 3.1 eXtensible Host Controller driver from the location below. This download link is for the driver version 8.1.6.6 dated 2020-05-09.
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3. Run the driver installation 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 setup wizard, which should be pretty straightforward. The driver setup 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, as you can see it was quite smple.
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This driver is digitally signed by Intel R Corporation.
Size of this driver: 364487 bytes (355.94 KB)
Driver rating 4.9 stars out of 78370 votes.
This driver is fully compatible with 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. How to use DriverMax to install Intel R Corporation Intel R USB 3.1 eXtensible Host 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 can you install a driver using DriverMax? Let's follow a few steps!

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 detected driver updates. Scroll the list down until you find the Intel R Corporation Intel R USB 3.1 eXtensible Host Controller driver. Click the Update button.
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5. That's it, you installed your first driver!
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