Broadcom Broadcom Bluetooth 3.0 USB - two ways of downloading and installing the driver

Broadcom Bluetooth 3.0 USB is a Bluetooth hardware device. This Windows driver was developed by Broadcom. The hardware id of this driver is USB/VID_05AC&PID_8218; this string has to match your hardware.

1. Broadcom Broadcom Bluetooth 3.0 USB - install the driver manually

1. Download the driver setup file for Broadcom Broadcom Bluetooth 3.0 USB driver from the link below. This is the download link for the driver version 6.5.1.3300 dated 2012-09-24.
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3. Run the driver setup 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. Go through the driver setup wizard, which should be pretty straightforward. 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 fresh driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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Broadcom applied a digital signature to this driver.
The file size of this driver is 108493 bytes (105.95 KB)
This driver received an average rating of 4.7 stars out of 60231 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. Installing the Broadcom Broadcom Bluetooth 3.0 USB driver using DriverMax: the easy way

The most important 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 easy can you install a driver with DriverMax? Let's follow a few steps!

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 locate the Broadcom Broadcom Bluetooth 3.0 USB driver. Click the Update button.
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5. That's it, you installed your first driver!
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