Download and install Intel R Corporation Thunderbolt TM Controller - 156C driver

Thunderbolt TM Controller - 156C is a Chipset device. This Windows driver was developed by Intel R Corporation. The hardware id of this driver is PCI/VEN_8086&DEV_156C&CC_0880; this string has to match your hardware.

1. Manually install Intel R Corporation Thunderbolt TM Controller - 156C driver

1. You can download from the link below the driver installer file for the Intel R Corporation Thunderbolt TM Controller - 156C driver. The archive contains version 1.5.1.17 dated 2013-08-23 of the driver.
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3. Start the driver installer file from a user account with administrative rights. If your UAC (User Access Control) is enabled 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 pretty 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 PC in order to use the updated driver. As you can see it was quite smple to install a Windows driver!
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This driver is digitally signed by the manufacturer.
File size of the driver: 135713 bytes (132.53 KB)
This driver was rated with an average of 4.9 stars by 17707 users.
This driver was released for the following versions of Windows:

• This driver works on Windows 8 64 bits

2. How to install Intel R Corporation Thunderbolt TM Controller - 156C driver using DriverMax

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 follow a few steps!

1. Start DriverMax and push 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. Search the list until you locate the Intel R Corporation Thunderbolt TM Controller - 156C driver. Click on Update.
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5. That's all, the driver is now installed!
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