Driver for Atheros Communications Atheros AR3012 Bluetooth 4.0 HS - downloading and installing it

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

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

1. Download the setup file for Atheros Communications Atheros AR3012 Bluetooth 4.0 HS driver from the link below. This download link is for the driver version 7.4.0000.0082 dated 2011-07-01.
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3. Run the driver installation file from a Windows account with administrative 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. Follow the driver installation wizard, which should be pretty straightforward. The driver installation wizard will scan your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Restart your PC and enjoy the new driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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This driver is digitally signed.
Size of this driver: 266129 bytes (259.89 KB)
This driver was installed by many users and received an average rating of 4.5 stars out of 73506 votes.
This driver was released for 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. How to install Atheros Communications Atheros AR3012 Bluetooth 4.0 HS driver using DriverMax

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

1. Start DriverMax and push on the yellow button named ~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 available driver updates. Search the list until you locate the Atheros Communications Atheros AR3012 Bluetooth 4.0 HS driver. Click on Update.
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5. Finished installing the driver!
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