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

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

1. Install Atheros Communications Atheros AR3012 Bluetooth 4.0 HS driver manually

1. Download the driver setup file for Atheros Communications Atheros AR3012 Bluetooth 4.0 HS driver from the link below. This download link is for the driver version 7.4.0000.0110 released on 2011-11-24.
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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 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 quite straightforward. The driver installation wizard will analyze your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Restart your PC and enjoy the updated driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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This driver is digitally signed by Atheros Communications.
The file size of this driver is 285161 bytes (278.48 KB)
This driver was installed by many users and received an average rating of 4 stars out of 12849 votes.
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. How to install Atheros Communications Atheros AR3012 Bluetooth 4.0 HS driver using DriverMax

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 with DriverMax? Let's take a look!

1. Open DriverMax and push 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. Search the list until you locate the Atheros Communications Atheros AR3012 Bluetooth 4.0 HS driver. Click on Update.
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5. Enjoy using the updated driver! :)
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