Atheros Communications Atheros AR3012 Bluetooth 3.0 how to download and install the driver

Atheros AR3012 Bluetooth 3.0 is a Bluetooth hardware device. The developer of this driver was Atheros Communications. In order to make sure you are downloading the exact right driver the hardware id is USB/Vid_05AC&Pid_8282.

1. Atheros Communications Atheros AR3012 Bluetooth 3.0 driver - how to install it manually

1. You can download from the link below the driver setup file for the Atheros Communications Atheros AR3012 Bluetooth 3.0 driver. The archive contains version 7.4.0000.0185 released on 2013-04-22 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 Service (UAC) is running please confirm the installation of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Go through the driver installation wizard, which will guide you; it should be pretty easy to follow. The driver installation wizard will analyze 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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Atheros Communications applied a digital signature to this driver.
File size of the driver: 254020 bytes (248.07 KB)
Driver rating 4.7 stars out of 98649 votes.
This driver is 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. Using DriverMax to install Atheros Communications Atheros AR3012 Bluetooth 3.0 driver

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 take a look!

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 PC.
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3. Take a look at the list of 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. That's it, you installed your first driver!
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