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 driver was developed by Atheros Communications. The hardware id of this driver is USB/Vid_0489&Pid_E043; this string has to match your hardware.

1. Install Atheros Communications Atheros AR3012 Bluetooth 4.0 HS 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 7.4.0000.0185 dated 2013-04-22.
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3. Run the driver installation file from a Windows account with the highest privileges (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. Go through the driver setup wizard, which should be pretty easy to follow. 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, it is as simple as that.
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Atheros Communications applied a digital signature to this driver.
Size of this driver: 254020 bytes (248.07 KB)
This driver was rated with an average of 4.3 stars by 55053 users.
This driver was released for the following versions of Windows:

• This driver works on Windows 2000 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows Server 2003 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows XP 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows Vista 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 7 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 8 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 8.1 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 10 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 11 32 bits

2. Using DriverMax to install Atheros Communications Atheros AR3012 Bluetooth 4.0 HS driver

The advantage of using DriverMax is that it will setup 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 using DriverMax? Let's follow a few steps!

1. Open DriverMax and push 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 driver updates. Search the list until you find the Atheros Communications Atheros AR3012 Bluetooth 4.0 HS driver. Click on Update.
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5. That's all, the driver is now installed!
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