Broadcom BCM43142 Bluetooth 4.0 HS USB Device - two ways of downloading and installing the driver

BCM43142 Bluetooth 4.0 HS USB Device is a Bluetooth hardware device. The Windows version of this driver was developed by Broadcom. USB/VID_0A5C&PID_21D6 is the matching hardware id of this device.

1. How to manually install Broadcom BCM43142 Bluetooth 4.0 HS USB Device driver

1. Download the driver setup file for Broadcom BCM43142 Bluetooth 4.0 HS USB Device driver from the link below. This is the download link for the driver version 12.0.1.653 dated 2015-06-30.
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3. Start the driver setup file from a Windows account with administrative rights. If your User Access Control Service (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 pretty easy to follow. The driver installation wizard will analyze your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Restart your computer and enjoy the updated driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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This driver was not digitally signed.
File size of the driver: 4775880 bytes (4.55 MB)
This driver was installed by many users and received an average rating of 4 stars out of 96954 votes.
This driver is compatible with the following versions of Windows:

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

2. Installing the Broadcom BCM43142 Bluetooth 4.0 HS USB Device driver using DriverMax: the easy way

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. How easy can you install a driver using DriverMax? Let's follow a few steps!

1. Start DriverMax and click on the yellow button named ~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 BCM43142 Bluetooth 4.0 HS USB Device driver. Click on Update.
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5. Enjoy using the updated driver! :)
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