Download and install Broadcom NB-290 driver

NB-290 is a Bluetooth for Windows hardware device. This driver was developed by Broadcom. USB/VID_0B05&PID_178B is the matching hardware id of this device.

1. Manually install Broadcom NB-290 driver

1. You can download from the link below the driver installer file for the Broadcom NB-290 driver. The archive contains version 5.6.0.7900 dated 2012-02-24 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 pretty easy to follow. The driver setup wizard will analyze your PC and will install the right driver.
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7. When the operation finishes restart your computer 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 received an average rating of 3.9 stars out of 85691 votes.

2. The easy way: using DriverMax to install Broadcom NB-290 driver

The most important advantage of using DriverMax is that it will install the driver for you in just a few seconds and it will keep each driver up to date. How can you install a driver using DriverMax? Let's follow a few steps!

1. Start DriverMax and push 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 driver updates. Scroll the list down 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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