Driver for Atheros Communications General Bluetooth Device - downloading and installing it

General Bluetooth Device is a Bluetooth device. The Windows version of this driver was developed by Atheros Communications. In order to make sure you are downloading the exact right driver the hardware id is USB/Vid_0CF3&Pid_E020.

1. How to manually install Atheros Communications General Bluetooth Device driver

1. Download the setup file for Atheros Communications General Bluetooth Device driver from the link below. This is the download link for the driver version 7.4.0000.0070 released on 2011-06-11.
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3. Start the driver installation file from a Windows account with the highest privileges (rights). If your User Access Control (UAC) is running then you will have to accept of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Follow the driver setup wizard, which should be quite straightforward. The driver setup 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 by the manufacturer.
Driver file size: 265963 bytes (259.73 KB)
This driver received an average rating of 4.6 stars out of 13248 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. Using DriverMax to install Atheros Communications General Bluetooth Device driver

The most important advantage of using DriverMax is that it will install 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 take a look!

1. Open DriverMax and press on the yellow button named ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to scan and 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 General Bluetooth Device driver. Click on Update.
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5. That's all, the driver is now installed!
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