Adaptec Adaptec Serial ATA HostRAID - two ways of downloading and installing the driver

Adaptec Serial ATA HostRAID is a SCSI Adapter device. The Windows version of this driver was developed by Adaptec. PCI/VEN_8086&DEV_3A05 is the matching hardware id of this device.

1. Adaptec Adaptec Serial ATA HostRAID - install the driver manually

1. Download the driver setup file for Adaptec Adaptec Serial ATA HostRAID driver from the location below. This is the download link for the driver version 1.5.17725.3 released on 2011-06-29.
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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 running 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 quite easy to follow. The driver installation wizard will scan your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Shutdown and restart your computer and enjoy the fresh driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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This driver is digitally signed by the manufacturer.
Size of this driver: 226596 bytes (221.29 KB)
This driver was installed by many users and received an average rating of 4.9 stars out of 73887 votes.
This driver is 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. Installing the Adaptec Adaptec Serial ATA HostRAID driver using DriverMax: the easy way

The most important advantage of using DriverMax is that it will setup the driver for you in just a few seconds and it will keep each driver up to date. How can you install a driver with DriverMax? Let's take a look!

1. Start DriverMax and click on the yellow button named ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to scan and 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 find the Adaptec Adaptec Serial ATA HostRAID driver. Click on Update.
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5. That's it, you installed your first driver!
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