Intel R Corporation Thunderbolt TM Controller - 8AB3 - two ways of downloading and installing the driver

Thunderbolt TM Controller - 8AB3 is a Chipset hardware device. This Windows driver was developed by Intel R Corporation. In order to make sure you are downloading the exact right driver the hardware id is PCI/VEN_8086&DEV_8AB3&CC_0880.

1. Intel R Corporation Thunderbolt TM Controller - 8AB3 driver - how to install it manually

1. You can download from the link below the driver installer file for the Intel R Corporation Thunderbolt TM Controller - 8AB3 driver. The archive contains version 1.41.789.0 dated 2019-12-16 of the driver.
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3. Run the driver installer file from a user account with the highest privileges (rights). If your UAC (User Access Control) 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 pretty easy to follow. The driver setup wizard will scan your PC 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 by the manufacturer.
The file size of this driver is 984263 bytes (961.19 KB)
This driver was installed by many users and received an average rating of 4.8 stars out of 25852 votes.
This driver was released 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. How to install Intel R Corporation Thunderbolt TM Controller - 8AB3 driver using DriverMax

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 with DriverMax? Let's take a look!

1. Open DriverMax and push on the yellow button that says ~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 available driver updates. Search the list until you locate the Intel R Corporation Thunderbolt TM Controller - 8AB3 driver. Click on Update.
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5. That's it, you installed your first driver!
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