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Selecting your Windows PC Driver for USB GUI and Firmware update

Which Silabs USB driver (4.0.0 or 3.9.2) to install on a Windows PC before using the Vertex USB GUI or updating its firmware.

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Make sure to install the right Silabs driver for Windows PC based on your Windows OS version and USB port version.

Silabs Driver 4.0.0 for XP/VISTA/WIN7/WIN8/WIN10

Silabs Driver 4.0.0 - ZIP - 9.18 Mo

USB2.0: WIN XP / VISTA / WIN7 / WIN8 / WIN10
USB3.0: WIN10 / Partial support for others Windows version.

Silabs Driver 3.9.2 for XP/VISTA/WIN7/WIN8

Silabs Driver 3.9.2 - ZIP - 1.65 Mo

USB2.0: WIN XP / VISTA / WIN7 / WIN8
USB3.0: WIN XP / VISTA / WIN7 / WIN8

If you are using Windows 10, the Silabs Driver 4.0.0 is mandatory.

However, Silabs driver 4.0.0 only have partial support for USB3.0 on Win8 and previous Windows version, so you might prefer the 3.9.2 in such case.

If you are using Windows XP, the Silabs Driver 3.9.2 is mandatory. It is recommended to try the 4.0.0 version first on any Windows version other than XP.

For installation simply download from the above link, unzip and then run the .EXE file

Silabs 3.9.2 driver: run the USBXpressInstaller.exe
Silabs 4.0.0 driver: USBXpressInstaller_x86.exe for 32bit or USBXpressInstaller_x64.exe for 64bit.

Once you have correctly selected, downloaded and installed the right driver, you can proceed with either updating Firmware (p.20) or using GUI utility (p.24)

→ See: Firmware update

Both Firmware update and GUI utility provides 2 directories labelled as per Driver version, make sure to use the right directory matching your driver version.

Ex: If you installed 3.9.2 driver, Use the 3.9.2 directory to run Firmware update or the 3.9.2 directory to run the GUI utility.

NoteYou can install or remove any driver any time: Control Panel > Program > Remove Software.

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