Atheros Communications Atheros AR3012 Bluetooth 4.0 HS - two ways of downloading and installing the 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_04CA&Pid_3005.

1. Atheros Communications Atheros AR3012 Bluetooth 4.0 HS driver - how to install it manually

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 7.4.0000.0110 dated 2011-11-24 of the driver.
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3. Run the driver installer file from a user account with the highest privileges (rights). If your UAC (User Access Control) is enabled please confirm the installation 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 pretty easy to follow. The driver installation wizard will scan your PC and will install the right driver.
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7. When the operation finishes shutdown and 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 the manufacturer.
Download size of the driver: 244275 bytes (238.55 KB)
This driver was rated with an average of 4.2 stars by 71298 users.
This driver is compatible with the following versions of Windows:

• This driver works on Windows 2000 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows Server 2003 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows XP 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows Vista 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 7 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 8 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 8.1 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 10 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 11 32 bits

2. Installing the Atheros Communications Atheros AR3012 Bluetooth 4.0 HS driver using DriverMax: the easy way

The 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 see!

1. Open DriverMax and press 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. Scroll the list down until you locate 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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