Intel Corporation Intel R 7 Series/C216 Chipset Family SATA AHCI Controller - two ways of downloading and installing the driver

Intel R 7 Series/C216 Chipset Family SATA AHCI Controller is a hdc hardware device. The developer of this driver was Intel Corporation. The hardware id of this driver is PCI/VEN_8086&DEV_1E02&CC_0106; this string has to match your hardware.

1. Intel Corporation Intel R 7 Series/C216 Chipset Family SATA AHCI Controller driver - how to install it manually

1. You can download from the link below the driver setup file for the Intel Corporation Intel R 7 Series/C216 Chipset Family SATA AHCI Controller driver. The archive contains version 12.8.11.1000 dated 2013-12-11 of the driver.
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3. Start the driver installer file from a user account with administrative rights. If your UAC (User Access Control) is enabled 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 computer and will install the right driver.
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7. When the operation finishes shutdown and restart your PC in order to use the updated driver. It is as simple as that to install a Windows driver!
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This driver is not digitally signed.

This driver was installed by many users and received an average rating of 3.3 stars out of 66427 votes.

2. The easy way: using DriverMax to install Intel Corporation Intel R 7 Series/C216 Chipset Family SATA AHCI Controller driver

The 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 easy can you install a driver with 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 computer.
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3. Take a look at the list of driver updates. Search the list until you locate the Intel Corporation Intel R 7 Series/C216 Chipset Family SATA AHCI Controller driver. Click the Update button.
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5. That's it, you installed your first driver!
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