Driver for Broadcom ThinkPad Bluetooth 3.0 - downloading and installing it

ThinkPad Bluetooth 3.0 is a Bluetooth for Windows hardware device. The developer of this driver was Broadcom. USB/VID_0A5C&PID_217F is the matching hardware id of this device.

1. Manually install Broadcom ThinkPad Bluetooth 3.0 driver

1. You can download from the link below the driver installer 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. Run the driver installer file from a user account with the highest privileges (rights). If your UAC (User Access Control) is running please confirm the installation of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Follow the driver installation wizard, which will guide you; it should be quite 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. As you can see it was quite smple to install a Windows driver!
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This driver is not digitally signed.

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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 just a few seconds and it will keep each driver up to date, not just this one. How can you install a driver using DriverMax? Let's follow a few steps!

1. Open DriverMax and push on the yellow button named ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to 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 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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