Broadcom ThinkPad Bluetooth 3.0 - two ways of downloading and installing the driver

ThinkPad Bluetooth 3.0 is a Bluetooth for Windows device. This Windows driver was developed by Broadcom. The hardware id of this driver is USB/VID_0A5C&PID_217E; this string has to match your hardware.

1. Broadcom ThinkPad Bluetooth 3.0 - install the driver manually

1. You can download from the link below the driver setup file for the Broadcom ThinkPad Bluetooth 3.0 driver. The archive contains version 5.6.0.8700 released on 2012-10-26 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 accept 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 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. It is as simple as that to install a Windows driver!
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2. The easy way: using DriverMax to install Broadcom ThinkPad Bluetooth 3.0 driver

The advantage of using DriverMax is that it will install the driver for you in the easiest possible way and it will keep each driver up to date, not just this one. How can you install a driver with DriverMax? Let's take a look!

1. Start DriverMax and press on the yellow button named ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to scan and analyze each driver on your PC.
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3. Take a look at the list of driver updates. Search the list until you locate the Broadcom ThinkPad Bluetooth 3.0 driver. Click the Update button.
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5. That's it, you installed your first driver!
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