Atheros Communications Atheros AR3012 Bluetooth 3.0 - two ways of downloading and installing the driver

Atheros AR3012 Bluetooth 3.0 is a Bluetooth device. This Windows driver was developed by Atheros Communications. The hardware id of this driver is USB/Vid_05AC&Pid_8282; this string has to match your hardware.

1. Manually install Atheros Communications Atheros AR3012 Bluetooth 3.0 driver

1. You can download from the link below the driver installer file for the Atheros Communications Atheros AR3012 Bluetooth 3.0 driver. The archive contains version 7.3.0000.0100 dated 2011-01-10 of the driver.
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3. Start the driver installer file from a user account with the highest privileges (rights). If your UAC (User Access Control) is enabled please accept 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 quite easy to follow. The driver setup wizard will scan your PC 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 was not digitally signed.
Driver file size: 129193 bytes (126.17 KB)
This driver was rated with an average of 3.1 stars by 25795 users.
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. How to use DriverMax to install Atheros Communications Atheros AR3012 Bluetooth 3.0 driver

The advantage of using DriverMax is that it will setup the driver for you in just a few seconds and it will keep each driver up to date. How can you install a driver using 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 detected driver updates. Scroll the list down until you find the Atheros Communications Atheros AR3012 Bluetooth 3.0 driver. Click on Update.
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5. Enjoy using the updated driver! :)
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