Broadcom Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet how to download and install the driver

Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet is a Network Adapters hardware device. This driver was developed by Broadcom. In order to make sure you are downloading the exact right driver the hardware id is PCI/VEN_14e4&DEV_1646.

1. Broadcom Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet - install the driver manually

1. You can download from the link below the driver installer file for the Broadcom Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet driver. The archive contains version 8.27.1.0 released on 2005-05-13 of the driver.
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3. Run the driver installer file from a user account with the highest privileges (rights). If your User Access Control Service (UAC) is enabled please accept of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Go through the driver setup wizard, which will guide you; it should be quite easy to follow. The driver setup wizard will analyze your computer and will install the right driver.
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7. When the operation finishes shutdown and restart your PC in order to use the updated driver. As you can see it was quite smple to install a Windows driver!
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Broadcom applied a digital signature to this driver.
File size of the driver: 109370 bytes (106.81 KB)
This driver was rated with an average of 4.2 stars by 9030 users.
This driver was released 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. How to use DriverMax to install Broadcom Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet driver

The most important advantage of using DriverMax is that it will install the driver for you in the easiest possible way and it will keep each driver up to date. How can you install a driver with DriverMax? Let's follow a few steps!

1. Open DriverMax and click 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 available driver updates. Search the list until you find the Broadcom Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet driver. Click the Update button.
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5. That's it, you installed your first driver!
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