Driver for FTDI USB Serial Converter - downloading and installing it

USB Serial Converter is a USB Universal Serial Bus device. This Windows driver was developed by FTDI. USB/VID_0403&PID_6001 is the matching hardware id of this device.

1. Manually install FTDI USB Serial Converter driver

1. Download the driver setup file for FTDI USB Serial Converter driver from the link below. This download link is for the driver version 2.04.16 dated 2009-02-17.
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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 running then you will have to confirm the installation of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Follow the driver setup wizard, which should be quite straightforward. The driver setup 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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This driver is not digitally signed.
Driver file size: 286801 bytes (280.08 KB)
This driver was rated with an average of 3.7 stars by 99377 users.
This driver is compatible with 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 FTDI USB Serial Converter 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. How easy can you install a driver with DriverMax? Let's see!

1. Start DriverMax and push 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 FTDI USB Serial Converter driver. Click the Update button.
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5. That's all, the driver is now installed!
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