Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5004X Wireless Network Adapter - two ways of downloading and installing the driver

Atheros AR5004X Wireless Network Adapter is a Network Adapters device. This Windows driver was developed by Atheros Communications Inc.. The hardware id of this driver is PCI/VEN_168C&DEV_0013&SUBSYS_2042168C; this string has to match your hardware.

1. How to manually install Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5004X Wireless Network Adapter driver

1. Download the setup file for Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5004X Wireless Network Adapter driver from the link below. This is the download link for the driver version 2.0.0.74 released on 2009-06-09.
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3. Run the driver installation file from a Windows account with administrative rights. If your User Access Control Service (UAC) is enabled then you will have to accept of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Go through the driver setup wizard, which should be pretty straightforward. The driver setup wizard will scan your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Restart your computer and enjoy the new driver, it is as simple as that.
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This driver is not digitally signed.
Size of this driver: 492149 bytes (480.61 KB)
This driver received an average rating of 3.8 stars out of 79651 votes.
This driver was released for 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. Using DriverMax to install Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5004X Wireless Network Adapter 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 with DriverMax? Let's follow a few steps!

1. Open DriverMax and push 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 Inc. Atheros AR5004X Wireless Network Adapter driver. Click the Update button.
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5. That's all, the driver is now installed!
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