Download and install Atheros Communications Atheros AR3012 Bluetooth 4.0 HS driver

Atheros AR3012 Bluetooth 4.0 HS is a Bluetooth hardware device. The Windows version of this 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 7.4.0000.0170 released on 2012-11-27 of the driver.
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3. Start the driver installer file from a user account with the highest privileges (rights). If your User Access Control Service (UAC) is enabled please accept of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Go through the driver installation wizard, which will guide you; it should be quite easy to follow. The driver installation wizard will scan your computer 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. As you can see it was quite smple to install a Windows driver!
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This driver is digitally signed by Atheros Communications.
The file size of this driver is 296382 bytes (289.44 KB)
Driver rating 4.4 stars out of 59566 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 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. How can you install a driver with DriverMax? Let's follow a few steps!

1. Start DriverMax and click on the yellow button named ~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 detected driver updates. Scroll the list down until you find the Atheros Communications Atheros AR3012 Bluetooth 4.0 HS driver. Click the Update button.
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5. That's all, the driver is now installed!
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