Mellanox Technologies Ltd. Mellanox ConnectX-5 Virtual Adapter how to download and install the driver

Mellanox ConnectX-5 Virtual Adapter is a Network Adapters hardware device. This Windows driver was developed by Mellanox Technologies Ltd.. The hardware id of this driver is PCI/VEN_15B3&DEV_1018&REV_80; this string has to match your hardware.

1. Install Mellanox Technologies Ltd. Mellanox ConnectX-5 Virtual Adapter driver manually

1. Download the setup file for Mellanox Technologies Ltd. Mellanox ConnectX-5 Virtual Adapter driver from the link below. This download link is for the driver version 1.60.16216 released on 2017-01-10.
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3. Run 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 confirm the installation of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Follow 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. Restart your PC and enjoy the fresh driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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This driver is digitally signed by the manufacturer.
Download size of the driver: 807459 bytes (788.53 KB)
This driver was installed by many users and received an average rating of 4.3 stars out of 16048 votes.
This driver is fully compatible with the following versions of Windows:

• 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. How to install Mellanox Technologies Ltd. Mellanox ConnectX-5 Virtual Adapter driver using DriverMax

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, not just this one. How easy 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 analyze each driver on your PC.
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3. Take a look at the list of available driver updates. Search the list until you find the Mellanox Technologies Ltd. Mellanox ConnectX-5 Virtual Adapter driver. Click the Update button.
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5. Finished installing the driver!
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