Broadcom NB-290 - two ways of downloading and installing the driver

NB-290 is a Bluetooth 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_0B05&Pid_178A.

1. How to manually install Broadcom NB-290 driver

1. Download the setup file for Broadcom NB-290 driver from the location below. This is the download link for the driver version 6.4.0.1200 released on 2010-12-13.
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3. Run the driver installation file from a Windows account with the highest privileges (rights). If your User Access Control (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. Go through the driver installation wizard, which should be pretty easy to follow. The driver installation wizard will scan your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Restart your PC and enjoy the updated driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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Broadcom applied a digital signature to this driver.
The file size of this driver is 105749 bytes (103.27 KB)
This driver was rated with an average of 4.1 stars by 72168 users.
This driver is fully compatible with the following versions of Windows:

• This driver works on Windows 2000 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows Server 2003 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows XP 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows Vista 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 7 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 8 64 bits
• 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. Installing the Broadcom NB-290 driver using DriverMax: the easy way

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 press 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 find the Broadcom NB-290 driver. Click on Update.
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5. That's all, the driver is now installed!
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