Atheros Communications Bluetooth USB Adapter - two ways of downloading and installing the driver

Bluetooth USB Adapter is a Bluetooth hardware device. This driver was developed by Atheros Communications. USB/VID_04ca&PID_3001 is the matching hardware id of this device.

1. Atheros Communications Bluetooth USB Adapter driver - how to install it manually

1. Download the setup file for Atheros Communications Bluetooth USB Adapter driver from the link below. This is the download link for the driver version 6.27.0521.0302 released on 2010-05-21.
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3. Run the driver installation file from a Windows account with administrative rights. If your User Access Control (UAC) is running then you will have to accept 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.
The file size of this driver is 141372 bytes (138.06 KB)
Driver rating 4.1 stars out of 22716 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 Bluetooth USB Adapter 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, not just this one. How can you install a driver with DriverMax? Let's take a look!

1. Open DriverMax and press on the yellow button named ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to analyze each driver on your computer.
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3. Take a look at the list of detected driver updates. Search the list until you find the Atheros Communications Bluetooth USB Adapter driver. Click the Update button.
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5. That's all, the driver is now installed!
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