Download and install Atheros Communications Bluetooth USB Adapter driver

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

1. Manually install Atheros Communications Bluetooth USB Adapter driver

1. You can download from the link below the driver installer file for the Atheros Communications Bluetooth USB Adapter driver. The archive contains version 7.4.0000.0170 released on 2012-11-27 of the driver.
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3. Run the driver installer file from a user account with administrative rights. If your User Access Control (UAC) is enabled please accept of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Go through the driver installation wizard, which will guide you; it should be quite easy to follow. The driver installation wizard will analyze your computer and will install the right driver.
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7. When the operation finishes shutdown and restart your computer in order to use the updated driver. It is as simple as that to install a Windows driver!
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This driver is digitally signed.
File size of the driver: 253642 bytes (247.70 KB)
This driver received an average rating of 5 stars out of 75123 votes.
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. Using DriverMax to install Atheros Communications Bluetooth USB Adapter driver

The advantage of using DriverMax is that it will install the driver for you in the easiest possible way and it will keep each driver up to date. How easy can you install a driver with DriverMax? Let's follow a few steps!

1. Start DriverMax and click on the yellow button that says ~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 available driver updates. Search the list 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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