Atheros Communications AR3012 BT with OTP - two ways of downloading and installing the driver

AR3012 BT with OTP is a Bluetooth hardware device. This Windows driver was developed by Atheros Communications. The hardware id of this driver is USB/VID_13d3&PID_3373; this string has to match your hardware.

1. Install Atheros Communications AR3012 BT with OTP driver manually

1. Download the setup file for Atheros Communications AR3012 BT with OTP driver from the location below. This download link is for the driver version 7.4.0000.0110 dated 2011-11-24.
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3. Run the driver installation file from a Windows account with the highest privileges (rights). If your User Access Control Service (UAC) is running 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 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. Shutdown and 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.
File size of the driver: 285161 bytes (278.48 KB)
This driver received an average rating of 4.2 stars out of 56346 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. How to use DriverMax to install Atheros Communications AR3012 BT with OTP driver

The advantage of using DriverMax is that it will install the driver for you in just a few seconds 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 analyze each driver on your computer.
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3. Take a look at the list of detected driver updates. Scroll the list down until you find the Atheros Communications AR3012 BT with OTP driver. Click the Update button.
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5. Enjoy using the updated driver! :)
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