Broadcom NB-290 - two ways of downloading and installing the driver

NB-290 is a Bluetooth hardware device. This driver was developed by Broadcom. In order to make sure you are downloading the exact right driver the hardware id is USB/VID_0B05&Pid_178A.

1. Broadcom NB-290 driver - how to install it manually

1. You can download from the link below the driver installer file for the Broadcom NB-290 driver. The archive contains version 6.4.0.1601 released on 2011-01-06 of the driver.
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3. Start the driver installer file from a user account with the highest privileges (rights). If your UAC (User Access Control) is running please confirm the installation of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Follow the driver installation wizard, which will guide you; it should be pretty easy to follow. The driver installation wizard will scan your PC 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. It is as simple as that to install a Windows driver!
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Broadcom applied a digital signature to this driver.
The file size of this driver is 106819 bytes (104.32 KB)
Driver rating 4.4 stars out of 32774 votes.
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. The easy way: using DriverMax to install Broadcom NB-290 driver

The most important advantage of using DriverMax is that it will install the driver for you in just a few seconds and it will keep each driver up to date, not just this one. How easy can you install a driver with DriverMax? Let's take a look!

1. Open DriverMax and press on the yellow button that says ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to analyze each driver on your computer.
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3. Take a look at the list of driver updates. Search the list until you locate the Broadcom NB-290 driver. Click the Update button.
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5. That's it, you installed your first driver!
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