Atheros Communications Atheros AR3012 Bluetooth R Adapter - two ways of downloading and installing the driver

Atheros AR3012 Bluetooth R Adapter is a Bluetooth hardware device. The developer of this driver was Atheros Communications. USB/Vid_0489&Pid_E036 is the matching hardware id of this device.

1. Manually install Atheros Communications Atheros AR3012 Bluetooth R Adapter driver

1. Download the setup file for Atheros Communications Atheros AR3012 Bluetooth R Adapter driver from the link below. This is the download link for the driver version 7.4.0000.0098 dated 2011-09-27.
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3. Run the driver setup file from a Windows account with administrative rights. If your User Access Control (UAC) is started 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 PC and enjoy the fresh driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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This driver is digitally signed by Atheros Communications.
Download size of the driver: 277103 bytes (270.61 KB)
This driver received an average rating of 4.2 stars out of 52805 votes.
This driver is 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 use DriverMax to install Atheros Communications Atheros AR3012 Bluetooth R Adapter driver

The most important 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. How easy can you install a driver with DriverMax? Let's see!

1. Start DriverMax and press 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 R Adapter driver. Click the Update button.
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5. That's it, you installed your first driver!
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