Driver for Broadcom NB-290 - downloading and installing it

NB-290 is a Bluetooth for Windows hardware device. The developer of this driver was Broadcom. The hardware id of this driver is USB/VID_0B05&PID_178B; this string has to match your hardware.

1. Install Broadcom NB-290 driver manually

1. Download the setup file for Broadcom NB-290 driver from the location below. This download link is for the driver version 5.6.0.8700 released on 2012-10-26.
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3. Start the driver installation file from a Windows account with the highest privileges (rights). If your User Access Control (UAC) is running then you will have to confirm the installation 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 analyze your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Restart your PC and enjoy the fresh driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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This driver was not digitally signed.
The file size of this driver is 0 bytes (0 B)
Driver rating 3.8 stars out of 84797 votes.

2. The easy way: using DriverMax to install Broadcom NB-290 driver

The 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 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 computer.
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3. Take a look at the list of detected driver updates. Search the list until you find the Broadcom NB-290 driver. Click on Update.
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5. Finished installing the driver!
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