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

Intel R 7 Series Chipset Family SATA AHCI Controller is a hdc hardware device. This Windows driver was developed by Intel Corporation. PCI/VEN_8086&DEV_1E03&SUBSYS_05691028 is the matching hardware id of this device.

1. Manually install Intel Corporation Intel R 7 Series Chipset Family SATA AHCI Controller driver

1. Download the setup file for Intel Corporation Intel R 7 Series Chipset Family SATA AHCI Controller driver from the link below. This is the download link for the driver version 11.6.1.1001 dated 2012-09-18.
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3. Run the driver installation file from a Windows account with administrative rights. If your User Access Control Service (UAC) is started then you will have to confirm the installation 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 computer and enjoy the new driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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This driver is digitally signed.
Download size of the driver: 378595 bytes (369.72 KB)
This driver received an average rating of 4.4 stars out of 51646 votes.
This driver will work for the following versions of Windows:

• 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. Using DriverMax to install Intel Corporation Intel R 7 Series 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 can you install a driver with DriverMax? Let's follow a few steps!

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 driver updates. Search the list until you locate the Intel Corporation Intel R 7 Series Chipset Family SATA AHCI Controller driver. Click on Update.
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5. Finished installing the driver!
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