Atheros Communications Atheros AR3012 Bluetooth 4.0 HS Adapter driver download and installation

Atheros AR3012 Bluetooth 4.0 HS Adapter is a Bluetooth device. This driver was developed by Atheros Communications. USB/Vid_0CF3&Pid_311D is the matching hardware id of this device.

1. Manually install Atheros Communications Atheros AR3012 Bluetooth 4.0 HS Adapter driver

1. Download the setup file for Atheros Communications Atheros AR3012 Bluetooth 4.0 HS Adapter driver from the location below. This download link is for the driver version 7.4.0000.0130 released on 2012-03-20.
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3. Start the driver installation file from a Windows account with administrative rights. If your UAC (User Access Control) is running then you will have to accept of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Follow the driver setup wizard, which should be quite easy to follow. The driver setup wizard will scan your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Restart your computer and enjoy the new driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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This driver is digitally signed.
Download size of the driver: 295168 bytes (288.25 KB)
This driver received an average rating of 4.9 stars out of 79978 votes.
This driver is fully 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. Installing the Atheros Communications Atheros AR3012 Bluetooth 4.0 HS Adapter driver using DriverMax: the easy way

The most important 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 easy can you install a driver with DriverMax? Let's see!

1. Start DriverMax and push on the yellow button that says ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to analyze each driver on your computer.
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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 4.0 HS Adapter driver. Click the Update button.
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5. Finished installing the driver!
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