Driver for Broadcom USB-500 - downloading and installing it

USB-500 is a Bluetooth hardware device. This Windows driver was developed by Broadcom. The hardware id of this driver is USB/Vid_0A5C&Pid_2157; this string has to match your hardware.

1. Install Broadcom USB-500 driver manually

1. Download the setup file for Broadcom USB-500 driver from the link below. This is the download link for the driver version 6.2.8519.1 released on 2008-04-29.
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3. Start the driver installation file from a Windows account with administrative rights. If your User Access Control Service (UAC) is started 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 PC 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: 7247 bytes (7.08 KB)
This driver received an average rating of 4.1 stars out of 55717 votes.
This driver will work for the following versions of Windows:

• This driver works on Windows 2000 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows Server 2003 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows XP 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows Vista 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 7 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 8 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 8.1 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 10 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 11 32 bits

2. The easy way: using DriverMax to install Broadcom USB-500 driver

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, not just this one. How can you install a driver using DriverMax? Let's take a look!

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 PC.
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3. Take a look at the list of driver updates. Search the list until you find the Broadcom USB-500 driver. Click the Update button.
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5. That's it, you installed your first driver!
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