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Nov. 06, 2018 / Updated by Bessie Shaw to Windows Driver Solutions

Intel driver update for Intel(R) 8 Series SATA AHCI Controller - 9C03, Windows 10 and later drivers,Windows 10 and later upgrade & servicing drivers, Drivers. Home » Standard AHCI 1.0 Serial ATA Controller Use the links on this page to download the latest version of Standard AHCI 1.0 Serial ATA Controller drivers. All drivers available for download have been scanned by antivirus program. In device manager I have listed under IDE ATA/ATAP Controllers category the following 3 entries: Standard SATA AHCI Controller. Without the proper driver, performance and functionality is limited, correct? Any suggestions where I can download the Intel SATA Driver for Windows 10? Thank you Moises Moraga., 05:06 AM.

SATA AHCI driver is crucial if you want to install Windows in AHCI mode instead of IDE. AHCI (Advanced Host Controller Interface) makes NCQ (Native Command Queuing) as well as hot-plugging or hot swapping through SATA (Serial ATA) host controllers possible. Before you enable AHCI mode in BIOS/UEFI, make sure you’ve download and install correct AHCI driver.

How to Download and Install SATA AHCI Driver on Windows OS

If you are not sure whether there is SATA AHCI driver installed, or if you encounter driver problems when installing the AHCI driver, don’t worry. This tutorial will show you how to download and install the SATA ACHI driver.

Way 1: Download and Install SATA AHCI Driver Manually

1. Download the AHCI driver from the Internet.

For example, if you are going to install Asus AHCI driver for windows 10, you can go to the Asus support page and download the exact SATA AHCI driver you need. You can also download the driver elsewhere, but make sure the driver is digitally signed in case Windows 10 Anniversary driver signature issue occurs (if your Windows OS is a clean install of Windows 10 Anniversary).

Read More: How to Check Unsigned Drivers on Windows 10

2. Install the Driver

Use Windows shortcut keysWin + X to launch the Jump List and select Device Manager. And then expand the IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers entry. Navigate to your SATA AHCI controller, which is the device you are going to install the driver on. Right click on it and select Update Driver Software.

Click Browse my computer for driver software.

And then click Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer.

Choose the model from the box, and then click Have disk.

Click Browse to locate the SATA AHCI driver file you’ve stored, and then click OK to install the driver.

After you finish the installation, restart the computer to make the driver take effect. Now you can enter the BIOS to enable the AHCI mode.

Way 2: Download and Install SATA AHCI Driver Automatically

Download SATA AHCI driver manually is time-consuming and if you install the driver in an incorrect way, serious PC problems like random restarts, INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE error on Windows 10, 100% disk usage, etc. may occur suddenly.

If you want to download and update SATA AHCI driver easily, try the all in one driver update utility, Driver Talent, then you can download and install the driver one time and fix the AHCI driver problem easily.

Just click the button above to get it directly and follow the steps below to install the SATA driver quickly.

1. Do a Free Scan for Your Computer

Ahci Controller Driver Windows 10

Click Scan to detect whether there exist missing or incorrect configured AHCI driver.

2. Download and Install the Driver in One Click

Click Update to download proper AHCI driver for Windows. Or click Repair to fix the driver problem instantly.

3. Restart the PC

Don’t forget to reboot to make the driver changes take effect.

Note:

1. Remember to back up drivers or create a system restore point before any system changes, or windows crashes will annoy you.

2.Below are parts of the SATA drivers for various brands of PCs, and you could click the links to download the drivers manually.

For more AHCI drivers, click here.

Hope this helped you install the SATA AHCI driver successfully and you finally can enable the AHCI mode in BIOS. If you have any other Windows issues, check for solutions in Resource Center in this site, or comment below directly please.

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Standard Sata Ahci Controller Driver Update

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The Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI) specification describes the register-level interface for a host controller for Serial ATA. The specification includes a description of the interface between system software and the host controller hardware. This specification is intended for hardware component designers, system builders, and device driver (software) developers.

Implementation

Standard Ahci Controller Driver Update Software

Implementation of the Advanced Host Controller Interface specification requires a license from Intel. Contributors of the Advanced Host Controller Interface specification for Serial ATA have signed the Advanced Host Controller Interface specification for Serial ATA - contributors agreement in order to be licensed to use and implement this specification. This contributors agreement provides Contributors with a reciprocal, royalty-free license to certain intellectual property rights from Intel and other Contributors for their products that are compliant with the licensed versions of the Advanced Host Controller Interface specification for Serial ATA.

Refinement and updates

Standard Sata Ahci Controller Driver Update

Intel intends to continue including suitable inputs, comments, and suggestions from contributors to refine and update the Advanced Host Controller Interface specification through a series of specification releases that will be marked as being revision 1.x of the specification. Licensing of the applicable final specification of the AHCI Specification (as defined in the contributors agreement) allows the implementation of both discrete and integrated compliant AHCI host controllers. Licensing of the applicable draft version of the applicable specification level (also defined in the contributors agreement) will allow the implementation of compliant, discrete AHCI host controllers only.

The latest revision of the specification is revision 1.3. Subsequent revision 1.x levels of the specification will be completed by Intel at its discretion as time and circumstances permit.