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

General Bluetooth Device is a Bluetooth device. The Windows version of this driver was developed by Atheros Communications. The hardware id of this driver is USB/Vid_0CF3&Pid_E021; this string has to match your hardware.

1. Manually install Atheros Communications General Bluetooth Device driver

1. Download the setup file for Atheros Communications General Bluetooth Device driver from the link below. This is the download link for the driver version 7.3.0000.0100 dated 2011-01-10.
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3. Run the driver setup file from a Windows account with the highest privileges (rights). If your UAC (User Access Control) is enabled then you will have to confirm the installation of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Follow the driver setup wizard, which should be pretty easy to follow. 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 updated driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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This driver is not digitally signed.
File size of the driver: 129193 bytes (126.17 KB)
This driver was rated with an average of 3.4 stars by 49436 users.
This driver was released 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. Installing the Atheros Communications General Bluetooth Device driver using DriverMax: the easy way

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 easy can you install a driver with DriverMax? Let's follow a few steps!

1. Open 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 detected driver updates. Search the list 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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