Intel Corporation Intel R 8 Series Chipset Family SATA AHCI Controller - two ways of downloading and installing the driver

Intel R 8 Series Chipset Family SATA AHCI Controller is a hdc device. This Windows driver was developed by Intel Corporation. In order to make sure you are downloading the exact right driver the hardware id is PCI/VEN_8086&DEV_9C03&SUBSYS_2AF3103C.

1. Install Intel Corporation Intel R 8 Series Chipset Family SATA AHCI Controller driver manually

1. Download the driver setup file for Intel Corporation Intel R 8 Series Chipset Family SATA AHCI Controller driver from the link below. This download link is for the driver version 14.5.1.1087 released on 2015-07-13.
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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 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 setup wizard, which should be pretty straightforward. The driver setup wizard will scan 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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Intel Corporation applied a digital signature to this driver.
File size of the driver: 620842 bytes (606.29 KB)
This driver was installed by many users and received an average rating of 4.6 stars out of 89470 votes.
This driver is compatible with the following versions of Windows:

• 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 Intel Corporation Intel R 8 Series Chipset Family SATA AHCI Controller driver using DriverMax: the easy way

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 using DriverMax? Let's see!

1. Start DriverMax and push 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 driver updates. Search the list until you find the Intel Corporation Intel R 8 Series Chipset Family SATA AHCI Controller driver. Click on Update.
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5. Finished installing the driver!
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