Driver for Broadcom Broadcom Bluetooth 3.0 USB - downloading and installing it

Broadcom Bluetooth 3.0 USB is a Bluetooth hardware device. This driver was developed by Broadcom. In order to make sure you are downloading the exact right driver the hardware id is USB/VID_0A5C&PID_2161.

1. Broadcom Broadcom Bluetooth 3.0 USB driver - how to install it manually

1. Download the setup file for Broadcom Broadcom Bluetooth 3.0 USB driver from the location below. This is the download link for the driver version 12.0.0.8047 released on 2013-10-18.
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3. Run the driver installation file from a Windows account with administrative rights. If your User Access Control (UAC) 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 pretty 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 PC and enjoy the new driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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Broadcom applied a digital signature to this driver.
Driver file size: 1861727 bytes (1.78 MB)
This driver received an average rating of 4.9 stars out of 86600 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. Using DriverMax to install Broadcom Broadcom Bluetooth 3.0 USB driver

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

1. Open DriverMax and press 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. Scroll the list down 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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