Driver for Atheros Communications Atheros AR3012 Bluetooth 4.0 HS - downloading and installing it

Atheros AR3012 Bluetooth 4.0 HS is a Bluetooth device. This Windows driver was developed by Atheros Communications. In order to make sure you are downloading the exact right driver the hardware id is USB/VID_1690&PID_0765.

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

1. You can download from the link below the driver installer file for the Atheros Communications Atheros AR3012 Bluetooth 4.0 HS driver. The archive contains version 7.4.0000.0130 dated 2012-03-20 of the driver.
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3. Start the driver installer file from a user account with the highest privileges (rights). If your UAC (User Access Control) is enabled please accept 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 analyze your computer and will install the right driver.
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7. When the operation finishes restart your computer in order to use the updated driver. It is as simple as that to install a Windows driver!
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This driver is digitally signed by Atheros Communications.
Size of this driver: 295168 bytes (288.25 KB)
Driver rating 4 stars out of 79050 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. Using DriverMax to install Atheros Communications Atheros AR3012 Bluetooth 4.0 HS 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 with DriverMax? Let's follow a few steps!

1. Open DriverMax and press 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 available driver updates. Search the list until you find the Atheros Communications Atheros AR3012 Bluetooth 4.0 HS driver. Click the Update button.
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5. Finished installing the driver!
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