Driver for Atheros Communications Atheros AR3012 Bluetooth 3.0 - downloading and installing it

Atheros AR3012 Bluetooth 3.0 is a Bluetooth hardware device. The developer of this driver was Atheros Communications. USB/Vid_05AC&Pid_8282 is the matching hardware id of this device.

1. Install Atheros Communications Atheros AR3012 Bluetooth 3.0 driver manually

1. Download the setup file for Atheros Communications Atheros AR3012 Bluetooth 3.0 driver from the link below. This is the download link for the driver version 7.4.0000.0150 dated 2012-08-08.
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3. Start the driver installation file from a Windows account with the highest privileges (rights). If your UAC (User Access Control) is enabled then you will have to accept of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Follow the driver installation wizard, which should be pretty straightforward. 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 new driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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Atheros Communications applied a digital signature to this driver.
Driver file size: 253362 bytes (247.42 KB)
Driver rating 4.3 stars out of 35605 votes.
This driver is fully compatible with 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 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 easy can you install a driver using DriverMax? Let's follow a few steps!

1. Start DriverMax and click 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. Scroll the list down until you find the Atheros Communications Atheros AR3012 Bluetooth 3.0 driver. Click the Update button.
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5. Enjoy using the updated driver! :)
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