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. In order to make sure you are downloading the exact right driver the hardware id is USB/Vid_0489&Pid_E02C.

1. Atheros Communications Atheros AR3011 Bluetooth 3.0 - install the driver manually

1. Download the 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 released on 2011-04-25.
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3. Run the driver installation file from a Windows account with administrative 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. Follow the driver setup wizard, which should be quite easy to follow. The driver setup 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 fresh driver, it is as simple as that.
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This driver is digitally signed.
Driver file size: 153464 bytes (149.87 KB)
This driver received an average rating of 4.2 stars out of 72376 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 setup 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 using DriverMax? Let's follow a few steps!

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 PC.
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3. Take a look at the list of available driver updates. Search the list until you locate the Atheros Communications Atheros AR3011 Bluetooth 3.0 driver. Click the Update button.
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5. That's it, you installed your first driver!
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