Download and install Broadcom NB-290 driver

NB-290 is a Bluetooth for Windows hardware device. This Windows driver was developed by Broadcom. The hardware id of this driver is USB/VID_0B05&PID_178A; this string has to match your hardware.

1. Manually install Broadcom NB-290 driver

1. You can download from the link below the driver setup file for the Broadcom NB-290 driver. The archive contains version 5.6.0.5860 released on 2010-10-03 of the driver.
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3. Run the driver installer file from a user account with administrative rights. If your User Access Control Service (UAC) is started please accept of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Go through the driver setup wizard, which will guide you; it should be quite easy to follow. The driver setup wizard will scan your PC and will install the right driver.
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7. When the operation finishes shutdown and restart your PC in order to use the updated driver. As you can see it was quite smple to install a Windows driver!
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This driver is not digitally signed.

This driver was rated with an average of 3.4 stars by 53880 users.

2. The easy way: using DriverMax to install Broadcom NB-290 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 easy can you install a driver using DriverMax? Let's see!

1. Open DriverMax and push 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 available driver updates. Search the list until you locate the Broadcom NB-290 driver. Click the Update button.
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5. Finished installing the driver!
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