Atheros Communications Atheros AR3012 Bluetooth 4.0 HS how to download and install the driver

Atheros AR3012 Bluetooth 4.0 HS is a Bluetooth device. This Windows driver was developed by Atheros Communications. USB/Vid_04CA&Pid_3005 is the matching hardware id of this device.

1. Atheros Communications Atheros AR3012 Bluetooth 4.0 HS - install the driver 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 7.4.0000.0170 dated 2012-11-27 of the driver.
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3. Run the driver installer file from a user account with administrative rights. If your User Access Control (UAC) is running please accept of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Go through the driver setup wizard, which will guide you; it should be pretty easy to follow. The driver setup 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. It is as simple as that to install a Windows driver!
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This driver is digitally signed.
Size of this driver: 296382 bytes (289.44 KB)
Driver rating 4.4 stars out of 15937 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. The easy way: using DriverMax to install Atheros Communications Atheros AR3012 Bluetooth 4.0 HS 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 easy can you install a driver with DriverMax? Let's take a look!

1. Start 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 computer.
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3. Take a look at the list of available driver updates. Search the list until you locate the Atheros Communications Atheros AR3012 Bluetooth 4.0 HS driver. Click on Update.
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5. That's it, you installed your first driver!
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