Broadcom Broadcom 43142 Bluetooth 4.0 Adapter how to download and install the driver

Broadcom 43142 Bluetooth 4.0 Adapter is a Bluetooth hardware device. The developer of this driver was Broadcom. USB/VID_0A5C&PID_216C is the matching hardware id of this device.

1. Broadcom Broadcom 43142 Bluetooth 4.0 Adapter - install the driver manually

1. Download the driver setup file for Broadcom Broadcom 43142 Bluetooth 4.0 Adapter driver from the link below. This is the download link for the driver version 12.0.1.659 released on 2015-07-14.
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3. Run the driver installation file from a Windows account with administrative rights. If your User Access Control (UAC) is started 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 quite 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 PC and enjoy the new driver, it is as simple as that.
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Broadcom applied a digital signature to this driver.
Download size of the driver: 5271186 bytes (5.03 MB)
This driver was rated with an average of 4.3 stars by 57300 users.
This driver will work for 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. The easy way: using DriverMax to install Broadcom Broadcom 43142 Bluetooth 4.0 Adapter 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. How can you install a driver using DriverMax? Let's follow a few steps!

1. Start DriverMax and press on the yellow button that says ~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. Search the list until you locate the Broadcom Broadcom 43142 Bluetooth 4.0 Adapter driver. Click on Update.
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5. That's it, you installed your first driver!
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