Intel R Corporation Intel R USB 3.0 eXtensible Host Controller - two ways of downloading and installing the driver

Intel R USB 3.0 eXtensible Host Controller is a USB Universal Serial Bus hardware device. The Windows version of this 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_8C31&REV_05.

1. Intel R Corporation Intel R USB 3.0 eXtensible Host Controller - install the driver manually

1. You can download from the link below the driver installer file for the Intel R Corporation Intel R USB 3.0 eXtensible Host Controller driver. The archive contains version 3.0.0.16 released on 2014-02-12 of the driver.
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3. Start the driver installer file from a user account with the highest privileges (rights). If your UAC (User Access Control) is running please accept of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Go through the driver installation wizard, which will guide you; it should be quite easy to follow. The driver installation wizard will scan your PC and will install the right driver.
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7. When the operation finishes restart your computer in order to use the updated driver. It is as simple as that to install a Windows driver!
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2. How to install Intel R Corporation Intel R USB 3.0 eXtensible Host Controller driver using DriverMax

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 see!

1. Start DriverMax and click 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 available driver updates. Search the list until you locate the Intel R Corporation Intel R USB 3.0 eXtensible Host Controller driver. Click on Update.
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5. That's it, you installed your first driver!
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