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. Download the driver setup file for Atheros Communications Atheros AR3012 Bluetooth 3.0 driver from the link below. This download link is for the driver version 7.4.0000.0098 dated 2011-09-27.
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3. Start the driver installation file from a Windows account with administrative rights. If your UAC (User Access Control) is running then you will have to accept 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 analyze your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Shutdown and restart your computer and enjoy the new driver, it is as simple as that.
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This driver is digitally signed.
Download size of the driver: 277103 bytes (270.61 KB)
This driver was installed by many users and received an average rating of 4.7 stars out of 51916 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. The easy way: using DriverMax to install Atheros Communications Atheros AR3012 Bluetooth 3.0 driver

The most important advantage of using DriverMax is that it will install the driver for you in the easiest possible way and it will keep each driver up to date. How easy can you install a driver with DriverMax? Let's see!

1. Open DriverMax and push on the yellow button that says ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to scan and analyze each driver on your computer.
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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 AR3012 Bluetooth 3.0 driver. Click on Update.
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5. Enjoy using the updated driver! :)
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