Microchip Technology, Inc. USB Serial Port how to download and install the driver

USB Serial Port is a Ports device. This Windows driver was developed by Microchip Technology, Inc.. USB/VID_04D8&PID_0057&MI_01 is the matching hardware id of this device.

1. Install Microchip Technology, Inc. USB Serial Port driver manually

1. Download the setup file for Microchip Technology, Inc. USB Serial Port driver from the link below. This is the download link for the driver version 5.1.2600.9 released on 2014-10-06.
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3. Run the driver installation file from a Windows account with administrative rights. If your UAC (User Access Control) 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 setup wizard, which should be quite straightforward. The driver setup wizard will analyze 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, as you can see it was quite smple.
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Microchip Technology, Inc. applied a digital signature to this driver.
Download size of the driver: 8101 bytes (7.91 KB)
This driver was rated with an average of 4.1 stars by 55986 users.
This driver is fully compatible with the following versions of Windows:

• This driver works on Windows 2000 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 2000 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows Server 2003 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows Server 2003 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows XP 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows XP 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows Vista 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows Vista 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 7 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 7 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 8 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 8 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 8.1 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 8.1 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 10 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 10 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 11 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 11 64 bits

2. The easy way: using DriverMax to install Microchip Technology, Inc. USB Serial Port 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, not just this one. How easy can you install a driver using DriverMax? Let's take a look!

1. Open DriverMax and push on the yellow button named ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to scan and 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 find the Microchip Technology, Inc. USB Serial Port driver. Click the Update button.
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5. That's it, you installed your first driver!
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