Driver bose mini soundlink windows 7
Your SoundLink® speaker is designed to provide years of service with a wide range of mobile devices. Periodic updates may be needed to keep your speaker compatible with products released after your speaker’s manufacture date.
All details and instructions are featured below. For more information, see our FAQs
Minimum system requirements
For Windows PC users:
- 300 MHz processor (1 GHz for Vista or Windows 7) 32 or 64 bit
- 128 MB RAM (Windows XP); 512 MB (Vista Home Basic); 1 GB (other Vista editions and Windows 7 32 bit); 2 GB (Windows 7 64 bit)
- Internet connection
- 30 MB available hard disk space
- USB 1.1, 2.0 or 3.0 port
For Mac users:
- OS v10.5 (Leopard), v10.6 (Snow Leopard) or OS v10.7 (Lion)
- Intel-based processor
- 512 MB RAM (Leopard); 1 GB (Snow Leopard)
- Internet connection
- 40 MB available hard disk space
- USB 1.1, 2.0 or 3.0 port
Preparation
First, download the Bose Bluetooth® speaker update application to your computer.
Note for Windows users:
If you have multiple user accounts on your computer, you may be prompted to input administrator credentials in order to run the application.
Once downloaded, the application will prompt you to connect your speaker to your computer with a micro USB cable.
Please make sure the SoundLink® speaker is plugged in using the AC power adapter before running the update application.
Start the application
For Windows:
In the File Download window, click Run or Save
If Run, follow the prompts to perform the update
If Save, select a location for saving the file (Bose_BLUETOOTH_Speaker_Update.exe). Then start the application from your hard drive and follow the prompts to perform the update.
For Mac:
Wait for your computer to download the file. It will appear on your desktop as a hard drive icon
A window should open. Drag the updater file to the desktop as indicated. (If the window doesn’t open, double-click the icon.)
Run the update application from your desktop and follow the prompts to perform the update.
What is the purpose of the SoundLink ® Wireless Mobile speaker firmware update application?
This application allows for a simple, immediate software download directly to your computer and into the SoundLink ® speaker.
Why might I need to upgrade my speaker firmware?
Periodic software updates may be needed to keep your SoundLink ® speaker compatible with mobile devices released after your speaker’s manufacture date.
Can this update be accomplished on either a PC or a Mac?
Yes. The PC or Mac used for the update must meet the minimum system requirements found on the download site.
How do I connect my SoundLink ® speaker to my PC/Mac?
You can use any USB to micro-USB cable that you may have, usually supplied with a digital camera or GPS.
Will this update affect my computer in any way?
While the application is running, it will create and utilise temporary working files. When the application has finished and closed, it will remove all temporary working files, leaving behind the driver and the downloaded application file (Windows machines only). The application file can be deleted from your computer after the update is complete, but we recommend leaving the driver installed on your computer to make future upgrades easier.
How long will the update take?
The update may take as long as five minutes to complete.
Driver bose mini soundlink windows 7
Thanks for posting. I was able to test this and found that no additional driver should be required in Windows 7. I would recommend updating the Bluetooth drivers on your computer to start. Also, I would recommend checking out this post.
That might have some information that could prove useful.
Tony G — Community Support
Hello. The same problem with my Bose soundlink micro speaker. I had Windows 10 and the speaker worked perfectly. However I switched back to Windows 7 and Bose soundlink micro is not working anymore. The computer finds it, however then I get an error and it does not work. I updated Bloetooth drivers of the computer and drivers of Bose — nothing helped. In addition — the computer finds other Bloutooth devices (like smartwatch, mouse, etc.). The BOSE also pairs and plays with smartphones. So the problem is only between Windows 7 and this exact device of BOSE. Please advice.
I do not work for Bose but I have lots of Bose devices (2 Revolve’s, soundlink mini ii, soundsport wired, and QC35ii) and a Dell Precision laptop with Windows 7/64. Your problem as you described is likely an incompatibility between windows 7 and you Soundlink micro. I can tell you that a while back, none of my Bose devices worked. The reason was not Bose and not Microsoft, it was the Bluetooth hardware provider for my laptop — Intel. I tried installing and uninstalling three different versions of the drivers. I even uninstalled two windows updates which were said to conflict (check intel bluetooth site for which two — even if you don’t use Intel). I even tried uninstalling windows updates back two years. Nothing seemed to help. Then someone else in the other Bose forum said they were also having a problem with Intel. I eventually gave up. The solution was to totally disable (in Windows) the Intel bluetooth hardware and for $12 on ebay I purchased the SMK Nano Bluetooth USB dongle with CSR drivers. Now all the Bose devices work fine (though I am still having the documented ‘volume’ problem with my Revolve’s but none of the other devices).
I can not guarantee that SMK will work for you and it will use up a USB port, but for $12. Perhaps some other vendors may work as well, I can’t say which myself. So it may be worth a try to get it work with Win 7. Worse case is it will still not work and you are out $12. If you try a few and none of them work, it may be an issue between window 7 itself and the Bose Micro. And by the way, most people know that if you are Amazon Prime (for example) and purchase something that does not work, you give that as your cause for the return and they refund you and pay for the return shipping.
bose soundlink mini driver error
My speaker now cannot connect to my surface pro 3, saying «driver error».
I tried to update its driver, it did not work out either, because my laptops, one is pro 3, one is asus n53tk can never detect and update its driver. Meanwhile, my girlfriend’s macbook air can connect to my speaker. So I think this is a problem about the system..
Welcome to Microsoft Community forum.
If I am not wrong you are using speaker wirelessly. If I am wrong please let us know how it is connected?
What is the exact error message/code that you get while connecting the Bose SoundLink Mini Speaker with Windows 8.1?
If you are getting error message stating that there is some issue with drives then either driver is not updated or it get corrupted. This issue could occur if the previously installed drivers for the device are corrupted. To resolve the issue you will have to completely uninstall the driver/device and then reinstall it.
Please try the steps provided to uninstall the Audio device from Device Manager, uninstall the device drivers from program list and then download the latest drivers from the manufacturer’s website.
Step 1:
Uninstall the Device from Device Manager
- Open Device Manager
- Expand the Sound Adapter section.
- Find the Sound card Driver.
- Right click Sound card Driver and select Uninstall.
- Select the check box delete the driver software for this device.
- Reboot the computer after uninstall process has finished.
Step 2:
Uninstall the Device Drivers from Program List in Control Panel
- Click on start, select Control Panel
- Now click on Programs and select Programs and Features.
- Find the Sound card Driver.
- Right click Sound card Driver and select Uninstall.
- Reboot the computer after the uninstall process has finished.
Step 3:
Download and install the latest drivers for the Audio card from the manufacturer website
Here is the link to download the latest drivers for Audio.
Hope this would help. If issue still persists post back with current status of your computer and result of proposed suggestion, we will be happy to assist you.