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. This Windows driver was developed by Qualcomm Atheros Communications. The hardware id of this driver is USB/VID_0CF3&PID_3008; this string has to match your hardware.

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

1. Download the setup file for Qualcomm Atheros Communications Qualcomm Atheros AR1005 Bluetooth 4.0 HS Adapter driver from the link below. This download link is for the driver version 8.0.0001.0318 dated 2014-02-21.
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3. Start the driver installation file from a Windows account with administrative rights. If your User Access Control Service (UAC) is running 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 scan your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Restart your computer and enjoy the updated driver, it is as simple as that.
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2. How to use DriverMax to install Qualcomm Atheros Communications Qualcomm Atheros AR1005 Bluetooth 4.0 HS Adapter 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 can you install a driver using DriverMax? Let's take a look!

1. Start DriverMax and click on the yellow button named ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to analyze each driver on your PC.
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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 on Update.
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5. Finished installing the driver!
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