need for driver bleutooth bcm2045a

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you need to always post driver requests in the Driver Request Forum because there you will be asked to select which OS your using. Without you providing that information, we are unable to help you.

If your using Windows XP or Vista and your device is flagged as having a problem in Device Manager, try this :

Tested on: Windows XP Professional and Windows Vista Ultimate.

First, connect the device to the computer via USB as usual. Now Windows will tell you installing the new hardware has failed and so on, not even Windows Update can resolve it. This is typical of Windows as it doesn’t have the required drivers for this particular Broadcom BCM2045A Device.

Now right-click on My Computer and hit Manage. From the window that pops out, click Device Manager on the left side-pane. You must see the ‘BCM2045A’ written in it under the section ‘Other Devices’. Right click that and hit Properties now. Go to the details tab and from the drop down menu that appears, select Hardware ID. You should see two lines that look like below:

USBVID_0A5C&PID_2045&REV_0112
USBVID_0A5C&PID_2045

Right click the second one (Without the REV* thing) and select Copy.

Now head to My Computer and under the Windows directory, enter the directory named INF (or inf) and locate the bth.inf file in it. Open the bth.inf file with your favorite text editor (I prefer the vanilla Notepad), and find the line called “Device Section Start” in it.

Now locate the name ‘Broadcom‘ and under it, you’ll see a device of BCM2033 or so with a different Hardware ID. Just replace the 2033 with a 2045A and the 2033 in the Hardware ID line (Something like “Transceiver= BthUsb, USBVID_0A5C&PID_2033“) with 2045 in place of 2033. Else, just erase the USB/VID line and paste the one you had earlier copied into the clipboard.
Save the file and quit.

Now replug the device and go to Device Manager again via My Computer - Manage. Find the BCM2045A again and right click and choose Update Driver. When Windows offers to search for drivers for the 2045A ask it to show you a list of known hardware to choose manually. Now look for Bluetooth Radio devices and under that look for Broadcom.

Under Broadcom, choose the one that has 2045A (i.e, the one we edited. It may still show up as 2033, but still, select it!) And hit next. The devices will now be found, installed and configured.

TQ SO MUCH!!!!

tq also for the microtek lab scanner 3630 info!!:hdspin:

HI JERRY.
Thanks for the info.
However, I did not find a folder named INF, and neither did I find the file bth.ini.

coooooooooool
nice job man:hail:

:hail: wowww..thank you very much for the help!

Funcionou ! Obrigado pela dica.
It realy orks thanks so much hug 4 a brazilian friend.:)

Dude, that was AWESOME! :hail:

In fact you don't want to replace that line, just create another line, copy the original line and CTRL+V on the new created line, doing the modifications. It will work as well. ;)

Keep up the good work!

Salute from Brazil! :)

Dude, everything ok!!!!![:hail:]

I upload in http://www.megaupload.com/pt/?d=ZYBRDP42
drive WinXP BCM2045A
for all's download, no virus, no fake.

my email no.email.addys@allowed.com

I'm from Brazil.

It's now posted on driverguide.com

Filename: BCM2045A.rar
Filesize: 221.41 KB
Description: WinXP Driver for BCM2045A

http://members.driverguide.com/driver/detail.php?driverid=1257812

Hey, Jerry.
It's my drive, correct?

If I'm correct, no problem,
but put my name, because only I put this drive in the internet for alls may download,
I don't now how put in DriveGuide, because this I put in internet and put my email.
I tell: no virus, no fake.

Everything's ok.:)

:) I'm happy, I help many people.:)

bye and sorry my english

HI JERRY.
Thanks for the info.
However, I did not find a folder named INF, and neither did I find the file bth.ini.

I got the same problem

WHERE IS THE bth.ini ???

HI JERRY.
Thanks for the info.
However, I did not find a folder named INF, and neither did I find the file bth.ini.

Hi NRR,
Sorry for the late reply. The INF folder is a sub-folder under the Windows folder. Windows will not install or run without this folder. It's created automatically during the installation of the Windows OS. Once you find the INF folder, then you should be able to see the bth.inf file.

Note: In my original post, I made a typo. the word "ini' should have read "inf". I have made corrections in the original post. I apologize for any inconvenience this has caused.

Jerry, that's the best instructions I've ever seen to a quite convoluted technical problem. Been trying to fix bluetooth on my xp box for about a year.

I registered just to say thanks - great great great.
Cheers

Jerry, that's the best instructions I've ever seen to a quite convoluted technical problem. Been trying to fix bluetooth on my xp box for about a year.

I registered just to say thanks - great great great.
Cheers

You're very welcome my man and thanks for the nice thank you.

You are my god!!!!!

Thank You so Much!!! :hail:


PS
on serbian:
Ti si moj kralj,stvarno svaka cast :hail:

Hi buddy, pls i have the billionton usb dongle but i lost the driver. When i plug into my system its says error installin new hadware.
I have tried the solution u suggested bt doesnt work. What can i do.
At device manager there is a yellow sign bside the BCM2045A. When i opened d device, BT-2045C was written on the panel. Pls help