Qualcomm Atheros Communications Qualcomm Atheros AR3012 Bluetooth 3.0 - two ways of downloading and installing the driver

Qualcomm Atheros AR3012 Bluetooth 3.0 is a Bluetooth device. The Windows version of this driver was developed by Qualcomm Atheros Communications. USB/VID_05AC&PID_8282 is the matching hardware id of this device.

1. Qualcomm Atheros Communications Qualcomm Atheros AR3012 Bluetooth 3.0 - install the driver manually

1. Download the setup file for Qualcomm Atheros Communications Qualcomm Atheros AR3012 Bluetooth 3.0 driver from the location below. This is the download link for the driver version 8.0.0001.0326 dated 2014-06-12.
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3. Run the driver setup file from a Windows account with administrative rights. If your User Access Control (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 setup wizard, which should be quite straightforward. The driver setup wizard will scan your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Restart your PC and enjoy the updated driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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This driver was not digitally signed.

This driver was installed by many users and received an average rating of 4 stars out of 27659 votes.

2. How to install Qualcomm Atheros Communications Qualcomm Atheros AR3012 Bluetooth 3.0 driver using DriverMax

The advantage of using DriverMax is that it will install the driver for you in just a few seconds and it will keep each driver up to date. How easy can you install a driver with 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 PC.
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3. Take a look at the list of detected driver updates. Search the list until you find the Qualcomm Atheros Communications Qualcomm Atheros AR3012 Bluetooth 3.0 driver. Click the Update button.
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5. That's it, you installed your first driver!
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