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. The hardware id of this driver is USB/VID_13D3&PID_3388; this string has to match your hardware.

1. Manually install Broadcom BCM43142 Bluetooth 4.0 HS USB Device driver

1. Download the driver setup file for Broadcom BCM43142 Bluetooth 4.0 HS USB Device driver from the link below. This download link is for the driver version 12.0.0.0010 released on 2012-02-02.
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3. Run the driver installation file from a Windows account with administrative rights. If your User Access Control Service (UAC) is enabled 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 straightforward. The driver installation wizard will scan your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Shutdown and restart your computer and enjoy the updated driver, it is as simple as that.
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This driver is digitally signed by Broadcom.
The file size of this driver is 3072055 bytes (2.93 MB)
This driver was rated with an average of 4.9 stars by 55479 users.
This driver is compatible with the following versions of Windows:

• This driver works on Windows 2000 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows Server 2003 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows XP 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows Vista 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 7 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 8 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 8.1 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 10 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 11 64 bits

2. How to install Broadcom BCM43142 Bluetooth 4.0 HS USB Device driver using DriverMax

The advantage of using DriverMax is that it will setup the driver for you in just a few seconds and it will keep each driver up to date. How easy can you install a driver with DriverMax? Let's see!

1. Start DriverMax and press on the yellow button named ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to analyze each driver on your PC.
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3. Take a look at the list of detected driver updates. Scroll the list down until you find the Broadcom BCM43142 Bluetooth 4.0 HS USB Device driver. Click on Update.
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5. That's it, you installed your first driver!
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