Driver for Cavium, Inc. QLogic FastLinQ QL45000 Series Gigabit Ethernet Controller SR-IOV VF - downloading and installing it

QLogic FastLinQ QL45000 Series Gigabit Ethernet Controller SR-IOV VF is a Chipset hardware device. This driver was developed by Cavium, Inc.. pci/ven_1077&dev_1637 is the matching hardware id of this device.

1. Manually install Cavium, Inc. QLogic FastLinQ QL45000 Series Gigabit Ethernet Controller SR-IOV VF driver

1. Download the driver setup file for Cavium, Inc. QLogic FastLinQ QL45000 Series Gigabit Ethernet Controller SR-IOV VF driver from the location below. This download link is for the driver version 8.42.10.0 released on 2019-09-25.
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3. Start the driver installation file from a Windows account with administrative rights. If your User Access Control (UAC) is enabled then you will have to confirm the installation of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Go through the driver installation wizard, which should be pretty easy to follow. The driver installation wizard will analyze your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Restart your PC and enjoy the new driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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This driver is digitally signed by the manufacturer.
Download size of the driver: 1078578 bytes (1.03 MB)
This driver was installed by many users and received an average rating of 4.3 stars out of 57590 votes.
This driver is compatible with the following versions of Windows:

• 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. How to install Cavium, Inc. QLogic FastLinQ QL45000 Series Gigabit Ethernet Controller SR-IOV VF driver using DriverMax

The advantage of using DriverMax is that it will install the driver for you in just a few seconds and it will keep each driver up to date. How easy can you install a driver with 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 PC.
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3. Take a look at the list of driver updates. Scroll the list down until you find the Cavium, Inc. QLogic FastLinQ QL45000 Series Gigabit Ethernet Controller SR-IOV VF driver. Click the Update button.
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5. That's it, you installed your first driver!
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