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

NB-290 is a Bluetooth hardware device. This Windows driver was developed by Broadcom. USB/VID_0B05&Pid_178A is the matching hardware id of this device.

1. Install Broadcom NB-290 driver manually

1. Download the driver setup file for Broadcom NB-290 driver from the location below. This download link is for the driver version 6.5.1.2700 dated 2012-03-27.
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3. Start the driver setup file from a Windows account with administrative rights. If your User Access Control (UAC) is running then you will have to accept of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Go through the driver installation wizard, which should be quite straightforward. The driver installation wizard will analyze your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Shutdown and restart your computer and enjoy the updated driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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This driver is digitally signed by the manufacturer.
File size of the driver: 937104 bytes (915.14 KB)
This driver was installed by many users and received an average rating of 4.3 stars out of 90455 votes.
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 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. How can you install a driver using DriverMax? Let's follow a few steps!

1. Open DriverMax and push on the yellow button that says ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to scan and analyze each driver on your computer.
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3. Take a look at the list of driver updates. Search the list 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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