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

Atheros AR3012 Bluetooth 3.0 is a Bluetooth hardware device. The Windows version of this driver was developed by Atheros Communications. The hardware id of this driver is USB/Vid_0930&Pid_0218.

1. Atheros Communications Atheros AR3012 Bluetooth 3.0 - install the driver manually

1. Download the driver setup file for Atheros Communications Atheros AR3012 Bluetooth 3.0 driver from the location below. This is the download link for the driver version 7.4.0000.0170 dated 2012-11-27.
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3. Run the driver installation file from a Windows account with administrative rights. If your User Access Control Service (UAC) is running 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 setup wizard, which should be quite straightforward. 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 PC and enjoy the fresh driver, it is as simple as that.
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Atheros Communications applied a digital signature to this driver.
Download size of the driver: 296382 bytes (289.44 KB)
This driver received an average rating of 4.9 stars out of 59340 votes.
This driver is 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. How to use 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 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 computer.
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3. Take a look at the list of available driver updates. Scroll the list down until you locate 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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