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

Bluetooth USB Adapter is a Bluetooth device. The Windows version of this driver was developed by Atheros Communications. The hardware id of this driver is USB/VID_04ca&PID_3001; this string has to match your hardware.

1. Install Atheros Communications Bluetooth USB Adapter driver manually

1. Download the driver setup file for Atheros Communications Bluetooth USB Adapter driver from the link below. This is the download link for the driver version 7.4.0000.0110 dated 2011-11-24.
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3. Start the driver setup file from a Windows account with administrative rights. If your UAC (User Access Control) 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 installation wizard, which should be pretty straightforward. The driver installation wizard will analyze your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Restart your computer and enjoy the new driver, it is as simple as that.
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Atheros Communications applied a digital signature to this driver.
The file size of this driver is 285161 bytes (278.48 KB)
This driver was rated with an average of 5 stars by 48145 users.
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. Using DriverMax to install Atheros Communications Bluetooth USB Adapter 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. How can you install a driver with DriverMax? Let's take a look!

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 PC.
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3. Take a look at the list of driver updates. Scroll the list down until you find the Atheros Communications Bluetooth USB Adapter driver. Click on Update.
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5. That's it, you installed your first driver!
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