The package provides the installation files for Intel ICH8M-E/M SATA AHCI Controller Driver version 9.6.0.1014.

If the driver is already installed on your system, updating (overwrite-installing) ... consideration that is not recommended to install the driver on Operating Systems other than stated ones.

In order to manually update your driver, follow the steps below (the next steps):

1. ... device you wish to update and choose Update Driver Software

4. Choose to select the location of the new driver manually and browse to the folder where you extracted the driver

5. If you already have the driver installed and want to update to a newer ... "Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer"

6. Click "Have Disk"

7. Browse to the folder where you extracted the driver and click Ok

About SATA / AHCI / RAID Driver:

When you install an operating system, SATA settings ... another after the OS has been applied, appropriate drivers are required.

Bear in mind that if you ... to boot until changes are reverted or required drivers are applied.

To perform the latter task, get ... the mode that best describes the newly applied drivers.

So, if you intend to modify the SATA ... highly recommended to always use the most recent driver version available

Do not forget to check with ... in order to stay updated on the latest drivers, software and games

Try to set a system restore point before installing a device driver

This will help if you installed a wrong driver

Problems can arise when your hardware device is ...