Broadcom Corporation Broadcom BCM57800 NetXtreme II 1 GigE - two ways of downloading and installing the driver

Broadcom BCM57800 NetXtreme II 1 GigE is a Chipset device. This driver was developed by Broadcom Corporation. The hardware id of this driver is pci/ven_14e4&dev_168a&subsys_1f681028; this string has to match your hardware.

1. How to manually install Broadcom Corporation Broadcom BCM57800 NetXtreme II 1 GigE driver

1. Download the setup file for Broadcom Corporation Broadcom BCM57800 NetXtreme II 1 GigE driver from the link below. This is the download link for the driver version 7.8.58.00 dated 2013-10-03.
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3. Run the driver installation file from a Windows account with the highest privileges (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. Follow the driver setup wizard, which should be pretty easy to follow. The driver setup wizard will scan your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Restart your computer and enjoy the new driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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This driver was not digitally signed.
Size of this driver: 2254077 bytes (2.15 MB)
This driver received an average rating of 3 stars out of 3779 votes.
This driver was released for 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
• This driver works on Windows 10 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 11 32 bits

2. How to use DriverMax to install Broadcom Corporation Broadcom BCM57800 NetXtreme II 1 GigE 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 take a look!

1. Open DriverMax and click on the yellow button that says ~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 driver updates. Scroll the list down until you find the Broadcom Corporation Broadcom BCM57800 NetXtreme II 1 GigE driver. Click on Update.
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5. That's it, you installed your first driver!
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