Driver for Broadcom BCM43142 Bluetooth 4.0 HS USB Device - downloading and installing it

BCM43142 Bluetooth 4.0 HS USB Device is a Bluetooth device. The developer of this driver was Broadcom. In order to make sure you are downloading the exact right driver the hardware id is USB/VID_0A5C&PID_21D8.

1. Install Broadcom BCM43142 Bluetooth 4.0 HS USB Device driver manually

1. Download the driver setup file for Broadcom BCM43142 Bluetooth 4.0 HS USB Device driver from the location below. This download link is for the driver version 12.0.1.653 released on 2015-06-30.
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3. Run the driver installation file from a Windows account with administrative rights. If your User Access Control (UAC) is running 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 pretty easy to follow. The driver installation wizard will scan your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Restart your computer and enjoy the fresh driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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Download size of the driver: 4775880 bytes (4.55 MB)
This driver received an average rating of 3.9 stars out of 73410 votes.
This driver is fully compatible with the following versions of Windows:

• This driver works on Windows 2000 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows Server 2003 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows XP 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows Vista 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 7 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 8 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 8.1 32 bits

2. The easy way: using DriverMax to install Broadcom BCM43142 Bluetooth 4.0 HS USB Device driver

The advantage of using DriverMax is that it will setup 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 with DriverMax? Let's follow a few steps!

1. Start DriverMax and click on the yellow button named ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to scan and analyze each driver on your PC.
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3. Take a look at the list of driver updates. Search the list until you locate the Broadcom BCM43142 Bluetooth 4.0 HS USB Device driver. Click the Update button.
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5. Finished installing the driver!
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