Atheros Communications Atheros AR3012 Bluetooth R Adapter driver download and installation

Atheros AR3012 Bluetooth R Adapter is a Bluetooth hardware device. The Windows version of this driver was developed by Atheros Communications. USB/Vid_0489&Pid_E036 is the matching hardware id of this device.

1. Manually install Atheros Communications Atheros AR3012 Bluetooth R Adapter driver

1. Download the setup file for Atheros Communications Atheros AR3012 Bluetooth R Adapter driver from the link below. This download link is for the driver version 7.3.0000.0095 released on 2011-03-25.
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3. Start the driver installation file from a Windows account with the highest privileges (rights). If your UAC (User Access Control) is running then you will have to confirm the installation of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Follow the driver installation wizard, which should be pretty straightforward. The driver installation wizard will analyze your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Restart your computer and enjoy the fresh driver, it is as simple as that.
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This driver is digitally signed by Atheros Communications.
Size of this driver: 133978 bytes (130.84 KB)
This driver was rated with an average of 4.7 stars by 87425 users.
This driver is fully 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. The easy way: using DriverMax to install Atheros Communications Atheros AR3012 Bluetooth R Adapter driver

The 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 take a look!

1. Open DriverMax and click on the yellow button that says ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to 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 R Adapter driver. Click on Update.
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5. Finished installing the driver!
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