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. 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. Download the setup file for Atheros Communications Atheros AR3012 Bluetooth 3.0 driver from the location below. This is the download link for the driver version 7.4.0000.0098 dated 2011-09-27.
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3. Run the driver installation file from a Windows account with administrative 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. Go through 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. Restart your computer and enjoy the fresh driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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This driver is digitally signed by the manufacturer.
File size of the driver: 277103 bytes (270.61 KB)
Driver rating 4.4 stars out of 50645 votes.
This driver was released 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. 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 can you install a driver using DriverMax? Let's take a look!

1. Open 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 detected driver updates. Search the list until you locate the Atheros Communications Atheros AR3012 Bluetooth 3.0 driver. Click on Update.
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5. That's it, you installed your first driver!
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