Atheros Communications General Bluetooth Device - two ways of downloading and installing the driver

General Bluetooth Device is a Bluetooth device. This Windows driver was developed by Atheros Communications. The hardware id of this driver is USB/Vid_0CF3&Pid_E020; this string has to match your hardware.

1. How to manually install Atheros Communications General Bluetooth Device driver

1. Download the setup file for Atheros Communications General Bluetooth Device driver from the location below. This download link is for the driver version 7.3.0000.0095 dated 2011-03-25.
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3. Run the driver installation file from a Windows account with the highest privileges (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 installation wizard, which should be quite easy to follow. The driver installation wizard will analyze your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Shutdown and restart your computer and enjoy the updated driver, it is as simple as that.
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This driver is digitally signed by the manufacturer.
Download size of the driver: 133978 bytes (130.84 KB)
This driver was installed by many users and received an average rating of 4.8 stars out of 86673 votes.
This driver will work for 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 General Bluetooth Device 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. How easy can you install a driver with DriverMax? Let's follow a few steps!

1. Start DriverMax and push on the yellow button named ~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 General Bluetooth Device driver. Click the Update button.
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5. Finished installing the driver!
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