Cavium, Inc. QLogic FastLinQ QL45000 Series Gigabit Ethernet Controller SR-IOV VF driver download and installation

QLogic FastLinQ QL45000 Series Gigabit Ethernet Controller SR-IOV VF is a Chipset hardware device. This driver was developed by Cavium, Inc.. The hardware id of this driver is pci/ven_14e4&dev_1664; this string has to match your hardware.

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

1. Download the setup file for Cavium, Inc. QLogic FastLinQ QL45000 Series Gigabit Ethernet Controller SR-IOV VF driver from the link below. This is the download link for the driver version 8.42.10.0 dated 2019-09-25.
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3. Run the driver setup file from a Windows account with administrative rights. If your User Access Control Service (UAC) is started 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 installation wizard, which should be quite easy to follow. The driver installation wizard will scan your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Shutdown and restart your computer and enjoy the updated driver, it is as simple as that.
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This driver is digitally signed by Cavium, Inc..
Download size of the driver: 1078578 bytes (1.03 MB)
This driver was installed by many users and received an average rating of 4.5 stars out of 55914 votes.
This driver is fully 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. Using DriverMax to install Cavium, Inc. QLogic FastLinQ QL45000 Series Gigabit Ethernet Controller SR-IOV VF driver

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. How can you install a driver using DriverMax? Let's see!

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 detected driver updates. Scroll the list down until you locate the Cavium, Inc. QLogic FastLinQ QL45000 Series Gigabit Ethernet Controller SR-IOV VF driver. Click on Update.
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5. Enjoy using the updated driver! :)
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