Atheros Communications Atheros AR3012 Bluetooth 4.0 HS Adapter driver download and installation

Atheros AR3012 Bluetooth 4.0 HS Adapter is a Bluetooth hardware device. This Windows driver was developed by Atheros Communications. USB/VID_0cf3&PID_312D&MI_02 is the matching hardware id of this device.

1. Manually install Atheros Communications Atheros AR3012 Bluetooth 4.0 HS Adapter driver

1. Download the setup file for Atheros Communications Atheros AR3012 Bluetooth 4.0 HS Adapter driver from the link below. This is the download link for the driver version 7.4.0000.0130 dated 2012-03-20.
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3. Run the driver setup file from a Windows account with the highest privileges (rights). If your User Access Control (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 pretty easy to follow. The driver installation wizard will scan your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Restart your computer 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: 295168 bytes (288.25 KB)
This driver was rated with an average of 4.3 stars by 82111 users.
This driver is fully compatible with the following versions of Windows:

• This driver works on Windows 2000 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows Server 2003 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows XP 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows Vista 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 7 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 8 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 8.1 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 10 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 11 64 bits

2. Using DriverMax to install Atheros Communications Atheros AR3012 Bluetooth 4.0 HS Adapter 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, not just this one. How easy can you install a driver with DriverMax? Let's see!

1. Start DriverMax and click 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 available driver updates. Scroll the list down until you find the Atheros Communications Atheros AR3012 Bluetooth 4.0 HS Adapter driver. Click on Update.
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5. Finished installing the driver!
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