Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5001x/AR5002x/AR5004x/AR5005x Wireless Network Adapter Modded v1.31 - two ways of downloading and installing the driver

Atheros AR5001x/AR5002x/AR5004x/AR5005x Wireless Network Adapter Modded v1.31 is a Network Adapters hardware device. The developer of this driver was Atheros Communications Inc.. The hardware id of this driver is PCI/VEN_168C&DEV_0017; this string has to match your hardware.

1. Manually install Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5001x/AR5002x/AR5004x/AR5005x Wireless Network Adapter Modded v1.31 driver

1. Download the setup file for Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5001x/AR5002x/AR5004x/AR5005x Wireless Network Adapter Modded v1.31 driver from the location below. This is the download link for the driver version 9.2.0.113 released on 2010-11-13.
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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 enabled then you will have to confirm the installation of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Go through the driver setup wizard, which should be quite straightforward. The driver setup wizard will scan your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Shutdown and restart your computer and enjoy the new driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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This driver is not digitally signed.
File size of the driver: 888627 bytes (867.80 KB)
This driver received an average rating of 3.6 stars out of 15263 votes.
This driver is compatible with the following versions of Windows:

• 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 Inc. Atheros AR5001x/AR5002x/AR5004x/AR5005x Wireless Network Adapter Modded v1.31 driver

The 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, not just this one. How can you install a driver using DriverMax? Let's see!

1. Start DriverMax and click 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 Inc. Atheros AR5001x/AR5002x/AR5004x/AR5005x Wireless Network Adapter Modded v1.31 driver. Click the Update button.
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5. Finished installing the driver!
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