Driver for Atheros Communications Atheros AR3011 Bluetooth 3.0 - downloading and installing it

Atheros AR3011 Bluetooth 3.0 is a Bluetooth device. The Windows version of this driver was developed by Atheros Communications. The hardware id of this driver is USB/VID_0cf3&PID_3002; this string has to match your hardware.

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

1. You can download from the link below the driver setup file for the Atheros Communications Atheros AR3011 Bluetooth 3.0 driver. The archive contains version 7.4.0000.0130 dated 2012-03-20 of the driver.
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3. Run the driver installer file from a user account with the highest privileges (rights). If your User Access Control (UAC) is enabled please confirm the installation of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Go through the driver setup wizard, which will guide you; it should be pretty easy to follow. The driver setup wizard will analyze your computer and will install the right driver.
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7. When the operation finishes restart your PC in order to use the updated driver. It is as simple as that to install a Windows driver!
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This driver is digitally signed by the manufacturer.
The file size of this driver is 295168 bytes (288.25 KB)
Driver rating 4.9 stars out of 80355 votes.
This driver is fully 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. Installing the Atheros Communications Atheros AR3011 Bluetooth 3.0 driver using DriverMax: the easy way

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. Open DriverMax and press on the yellow button that says ~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 detected 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. Finished installing the driver!
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