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. In order to make sure you are downloading the exact right driver the hardware id is USB/VID_04ca&PID_3001.

1. Atheros Communications Bluetooth USB Adapter - install the driver manually

1. Download the setup file for Atheros Communications Bluetooth USB Adapter driver from the location below. This is the download link for the driver version 7.3.0000.0110 released on 2011-06-08.
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3. Run 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 accept of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Follow the driver setup wizard, which should be quite straightforward. The driver setup wizard will analyze your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Shutdown and restart your PC and enjoy the new driver, it is as simple as that.
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Atheros Communications applied a digital signature to this driver.
File size of the driver: 154642 bytes (151.02 KB)
This driver received an average rating of 4.8 stars out of 92208 votes.
This driver is compatible with 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. Using DriverMax to install Atheros Communications Bluetooth USB Adapter driver

The most important 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 see!

1. Start DriverMax and press 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 available driver updates. Scroll the list down until you locate the Atheros Communications Bluetooth USB Adapter driver. Click on Update.
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5. That's it, you installed your first driver!
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