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We know windows 7 will not install the Intel USB 3.0 driver automatically, you need to find it from the Intel official site and download to install it manually. Windows 8 and Windows 10 will install the Intel USB 3.0 xHCI driver with the built-in driver, but it will not always work for some USB 3.0 devices.

Intel Sm Bus Controller Driver Windows 10 Update

If you reinstall the Windows 8.1 or upgrade the system from Windows 7 to Windows 10 and trying to make the USB 3.0 in function, maybe it will be not successes. And maybe you will find there is an unknown device under the other devices tree when you check the device manager. When you right-click it and choose Properties from the context menu, and then locate to the general tab, if it shows a Code 28 error, you can solve this error from here: fix device manager code 28 error. If not, you can go ahead to find a solution.

What is an eXtensible Host Controller Interface?

The abbreviation for eXtensible Host Controller Interface is xHCI, it is a USB interface specification which can support USB 1.0, USB 2.0 and USB 3.0 devices. And it is mainly used for USB 3.0 devices such as USB 3.0 flash drive and USB 3.0 external hard drive. The xHCI can save more power and optimize device performance than the legacy USB host controller OHCI and UHCI. The xHCI can support all USB speeds such as the super speed 5Gbit/s.

How to Download Intel USB 3.0 xHCI Driver for Windows 10 & 8

If you use the Windows 8and Windows 10 system, you will find that Intel did not provide this driver for Windows 8 and Windows 10, you can only find the Windows 7 Intel USB 3.0 xHCI drivers. So if you want to install the USB 3.0 xHCI driver for Windows 10 and 8.1, you can download the Windows 7 version driver.

And you can download the Windows 7 Intel USB 3.0 xHCI driver directly from here:
https://downloadcenter.intel.com/product/46644/Chipset-Software

In this page, you can see there are two Intel USB 3.0 eXtensible Host Controller drivers. One is Intel 8/9/100 series and Intel C220/C610 chipset family, and another one is Intel 7 series/C216 chipset family. From this page, you can also download and update Intel chipset driver.

You can view the chipset model series from the device manager. Here I will download the Intel 8/9/100 series because I checked the device manager and find my chipset is Intel 8 series.

After you find the chipset model, you can try to download the right USB 3.0 xHCI driver for your system.

How to Install Intel Windows 7 USB 3.0 xHCI driver on Windows 10

1. After you download the zip file, you can right-click it to uncompress it.

2. Go to device manager, and expand Universal Serial Bus controllers and find the Intel(R) USB 3.0 eXtensible Host Controller -1.0 (Microsoft).

3. Right-click it and choose Update Driver Software.

4. Choose Browse my computer for driver software.

5. Choose the below option: Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer.

6. Choose Have Disk.

Here is a model of USB xHCI Compliant Host Controller, you can also try to install this driver to try.

7. Click Browse. This action will let me choose the iusb3hub.inf file from the uncompressed folder.

8. Choose the iusb3hub.inf file from the Drivers > x64 folder. If you use the 32-bit version, you can choose it from Drivers > x86 folder.

After that, follow the install guideline to install the driver for your Windows 8 and Windows 10 system.

Automatically Download and Update Intel USB 3.0 Driver

If you think manually download and update drivers is very terrible because you need do 9 steps and need to master a lot of skills. You need to identify the chipset model, check your system type (32 bit or 64 bit), etc. So you can use Driver Doctor to help you solve driver issue automatically.

Driver Doctor can scan your all devices including your motherboard devices such as Intel chipset family and other Intel devices and identify if one device had a driver or it needs to update.

After detected, Driver Doctor will provide an easy way to help you download the driver. What you need do is find the driver you want to download and update from the list results.

So you can follow above two ways to solve the Intel USB 3.0 driver not working error on Windows 10 and Windows 8.

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Intel released version 10.1.1.42 of their Chipset Device Software on January 17, 2017.

This is the latest version of these drivers and should work with most newer Intel-based motherboards.

Intel's INF updates are not drivers in the most technical sense, but are instead updates to important files that tell Windows how to use Intel integrated hardware. However, we usually still refer to them as drivers.

See What Version of This Driver Do I Have Installed? if you're not sure which Intel Chipset driver version you have installed.

Changes in Intel Chipset Drivers v10.1.1.42

This update resolves an issue related to an incorrect version number, plus adds support for a few new devices.

If you're not experiencing any issues with your hardware then this update probably isn't necessary, though I've rarely seen Intel chipset driver updates cause any problems.

Intel Chipset Driver Download

The latest Intel chipset drivers can always be downloaded directly from Intel:

This updated Intel chipset driver works for both 32-bit and 64-bit editions of Windows 10, Windows 8 (including Windows 8.1), and Windows 7.

These drivers work only with the following Intel chipsets:

• Intel Atom Chipsets
• Intel Celeron Chipsets
• Intel Pentium Chipsets
• Intel 9 Series Chipsets
• Intel Core M Chipsets
• 6th Generation Intel Core Chipsets
• 5th Generation Intel Core Chipsets
• 4th Generation Intel Core Chipsets
• 3rd Generation Intel Core Chipsets
• 2nd Generation Intel Core Chipsets

Even if your Intel chipset isn't listed above, or you're not sure what motherboard you have (or if it's even an Intel motherboard or one with an Intel chipset), the software that we linked to above will help you determine what drivers you need.

Intel Smbus Controller

Intel Chipset Drivers for Discontinued Motherboards

Intel keeps an older version of their chipset drivers available for a long list of discontinued motherboards:

Support is only available up to Windows 7 for these boards.

Intel Sm Bus Controller Driver Windows Xp

If you're looking for an up-to-date resource on newly released drivers, see our Windows 10 Drivers, Windows 8 Drivers, or Windows 7 Drivers pages. We keep those pages updated with information and links to new drivers available from Intel and other major hardware makers.

Having Trouble With These New Intel Chipset Drivers?

If something breaks after installing these chipset drivers, your best first step is to uninstall and then reinstall them. You can do this from the appropriate applet in Control Panel.

If reinstalling the Intel chipset driver package doesn't work, try rolling back the driver, also something you can do from Control Panel. See How to Roll Back a Driver for instructions in all versions of Windows.