Atheros Communications Atheros AR3012 Bluetooth 4.0 HS how to download and install the driver

Atheros AR3012 Bluetooth 4.0 HS is a Bluetooth hardware device. This driver was developed by Atheros Communications. The hardware id of this driver is USB/VID_0cf3&PID_3004.

1. Atheros Communications Atheros AR3012 Bluetooth 4.0 HS - install the driver manually

1. Download the setup file for Atheros Communications Atheros AR3012 Bluetooth 4.0 HS driver from the location below. This is the download link for the driver version 7.4.0000.0070 dated 2011-06-11.
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3. Start the driver installation file from a Windows account with administrative rights. If your User Access Control (UAC) is enabled 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 pretty straightforward. The driver setup wizard will analyze your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Restart your computer and enjoy the fresh driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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This driver is digitally signed by the manufacturer.
The file size of this driver is 265963 bytes (259.73 KB)
This driver was rated with an average of 4.3 stars by 59633 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 driver

The advantage of using DriverMax is that it will install the driver for you in just a few seconds and it will keep each driver up to date, not just this one. How easy can you install a driver using DriverMax? Let's follow a few steps!

1. Open DriverMax and click on the yellow button that says ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to analyze each driver on your computer.
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3. Take a look at the list of detected driver updates. Scroll the list down until you find the Atheros Communications Atheros AR3012 Bluetooth 4.0 HS driver. Click the Update button.
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5. That's all, the driver is now installed!
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