Qualcomm Atheros Communications General Bluetooth Device - two ways of downloading and installing the driver

General Bluetooth Device is a Bluetooth device. This Windows driver was developed by Qualcomm Atheros Communications. The hardware id of this driver is USB/VID_0CF3&PID_E019; this string has to match your hardware.

1. Qualcomm Atheros Communications General Bluetooth Device - install the driver manually

1. Download the driver setup file for Qualcomm Atheros Communications General Bluetooth Device driver from the link below. This download link is for the driver version 8.0.0001.0305 dated 2013-09-06.
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3. Run the driver setup 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 scan your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Shutdown and restart your computer and enjoy the updated driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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This driver is digitally signed.
The file size of this driver is 272744 bytes (266.35 KB)
This driver was installed by many users and received an average rating of 4.3 stars out of 90603 votes.
This driver was released for the following versions of Windows:

• 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 Qualcomm 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 can you install a driver with DriverMax? Let's take a look!

1. Open DriverMax and push on the yellow button named ~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 driver updates. Scroll the list down until you find the Qualcomm Atheros Communications General Bluetooth Device driver. Click the Update button.
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5. Finished installing the driver!
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