Driver for Qualcomm Atheros Communications Qualcomm Atheros AR1005 Bluetooth 4.0 HS Adapter - downloading and installing it

Qualcomm Atheros AR1005 Bluetooth 4.0 HS Adapter is a Bluetooth hardware device. The Windows version of this driver was developed by Qualcomm Atheros Communications. USB/VID_0CF3&PID_3008 is the matching hardware id of this device.

1. Manually install Qualcomm Atheros Communications Qualcomm Atheros AR1005 Bluetooth 4.0 HS Adapter driver

1. Download the driver setup file for Qualcomm Atheros Communications Qualcomm Atheros AR1005 Bluetooth 4.0 HS Adapter driver from the location below. This download link is for the driver version 8.0.0000.0228 released on 2013-05-23.
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3. Run the driver setup file from a Windows account with administrative rights. If your User Access Control Service (UAC) is started 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 pretty easy to follow. The driver installation wizard will scan your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Shutdown and restart your computer and enjoy the new driver, it is as simple as that.
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This driver is not digitally signed.

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2. Installing the Qualcomm Atheros Communications Qualcomm Atheros AR1005 Bluetooth 4.0 HS Adapter driver using DriverMax: the easy way

The most important 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, not just this one. How easy can you install a driver using DriverMax? Let's see!

1. Start DriverMax and press 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 detected driver updates. Search the list until you locate the Qualcomm Atheros Communications Qualcomm Atheros AR1005 Bluetooth 4.0 HS Adapter driver. Click the Update button.
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5. That's it, you installed your first driver!
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