Driver for Qualcomm Atheros Communications Qualcomm Atheros AR3012 Bluetooth 3.0 - downloading and installing it

Qualcomm Atheros AR3012 Bluetooth 3.0 is a Bluetooth device. This Windows driver was developed by Qualcomm Atheros Communications. The hardware id of this driver is USB/VID_05AC&PID_8282; this string has to match your hardware.

1. How to manually install Qualcomm Atheros Communications Qualcomm Atheros AR3012 Bluetooth 3.0 driver

1. You can download from the link below the driver installer file for the Qualcomm Atheros Communications Qualcomm Atheros AR3012 Bluetooth 3.0 driver. The archive contains version 8.0.0001.0334 released on 2014-10-22 of the driver.
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3. Start the driver installer file from a user account with the highest privileges (rights). If your User Access Control Service (UAC) is enabled please confirm the installation of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Go through the driver setup wizard, which will guide you; it should be quite easy to follow. The driver setup wizard will analyze your computer and will install the right driver.
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7. When the operation finishes shutdown and restart your PC in order to use the updated driver. It is as simple as that to install a Windows driver!
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This driver is digitally signed by the manufacturer.
Size of this driver: 323575 bytes (315.99 KB)
This driver received an average rating of 4.9 stars out of 38478 votes.
This driver is fully compatible with the following versions of Windows:

• This driver works on Windows Vista 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 7 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 8 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 8.1 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 10 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 11 64 bits

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

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 see!

1. Start DriverMax and push 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 available driver updates. Search the list until you find the Qualcomm Atheros Communications Qualcomm Atheros AR3012 Bluetooth 3.0 driver. Click on Update.
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5. Enjoy using the updated driver! :)
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