Atheros Communications Atheros AR3011 Bluetooth 3.0 - two ways of downloading and installing the driver

Atheros AR3011 Bluetooth 3.0 is a Bluetooth hardware device. This driver was developed by Atheros Communications. USB/VID_0cf3&PID_3002 is the matching hardware id of this device.

1. How to manually install Atheros Communications Atheros AR3011 Bluetooth 3.0 driver

1. Download the driver setup file for Atheros Communications Atheros AR3011 Bluetooth 3.0 driver from the location below. This is the download link for the driver version 7.3.0000.0100 dated 2011-01-10.
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3. Start the driver setup file from a Windows account with the highest privileges (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 installation wizard, which should be quite easy to follow. 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, it is as simple as that.
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There is no digital signature available for this driver.
File size of the driver: 129193 bytes (126.17 KB)
Driver rating 3.5 stars out of 93250 votes.
This driver was released for the following versions of Windows:

• This driver works on Windows 2000 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows Server 2003 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows XP 32 bits
• 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. The easy way: using DriverMax to install Atheros Communications Atheros AR3011 Bluetooth 3.0 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 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 AR3011 Bluetooth 3.0 driver. Click on Update.
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5. That's all, the driver is now installed!
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