Broadcom NB-290 driver download and installation

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_178B; this string has to match your hardware.

1. Broadcom NB-290 driver - how to install it manually

1. You can download from the link below the driver setup file for the Broadcom NB-290 driver. The archive contains version 5.6.0.3300 released on 2009-12-09 of the driver.
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3. Start the driver installer file from a user account with the highest privileges (rights). If your User Access Control Service (UAC) is started please confirm the installation of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Go through the driver installation wizard, which will guide you; it should be pretty easy to follow. The driver installation wizard will scan your computer 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. It is as simple as that to install a Windows driver!
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Broadcom applied a digital signature to this driver.
The file size of this driver is 121038 bytes (118.20 KB)
Driver rating 4 stars out of 16399 votes.
This driver will work 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 NB-290 driver

The 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. Start DriverMax and push on the yellow button named ~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 driver updates. Scroll the list down until you find the Broadcom NB-290 driver. Click on Update.
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5. Finished installing the driver!
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