Download and install Atheros Communications Atheros AR3012 Bluetooth 3.0 driver

Atheros AR3012 Bluetooth 3.0 is a Bluetooth device. This driver was developed by Atheros Communications. The hardware id of this driver is USB/Vid_0930&Pid_0218; this string has to match your hardware.

1. Install Atheros Communications Atheros AR3012 Bluetooth 3.0 driver manually

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 2011-04-25 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 (UAC) is running please confirm the installation of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Follow the driver installation wizard, which will guide you; it should be quite easy to follow. The driver installation wizard will scan your PC and will install the right driver.
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7. When the operation finishes shutdown and 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: 153464 bytes (149.87 KB)
Driver rating 4.9 stars out of 73748 votes.
This driver will work for 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 AR3012 Bluetooth 3.0 driver using DriverMax: the easy way

The most important 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 easy can you install a driver with 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. Search the list until you find the Atheros Communications Atheros AR3012 Bluetooth 3.0 driver. Click on Update.
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5. That's all, the driver is now installed!
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