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 hardware 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. Install Qualcomm Atheros Communications Qualcomm Atheros AR3012 Bluetooth 3.0 driver manually

1. You can download from the link below the driver setup file for the Qualcomm Atheros Communications Qualcomm Atheros AR3012 Bluetooth 3.0 driver. The archive contains version 8.0.1.243 dated 2014-10-15 of the driver.
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3. Start the driver installer file from a user account with the highest privileges (rights). If your UAC (User Access Control) is enabled please accept of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Go through the driver installation wizard, which will guide you; it should be pretty easy to follow. The driver installation wizard will analyze your PC 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 was not digitally signed.

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2. Installing the Qualcomm Atheros Communications Qualcomm Atheros AR3012 Bluetooth 3.0 driver using DriverMax: the easy way

The most important advantage of using DriverMax is that it will install the driver for you in the easiest possible way and it will keep each driver up to date, not just this one. How can you install a driver using DriverMax? Let's follow a few steps!

1. Open DriverMax and click on the yellow button that says ~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 available driver updates. Scroll the list down until you find the Qualcomm Atheros Communications Qualcomm Atheros AR3012 Bluetooth 3.0 driver. Click on Update.
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5. That's it, you installed your first driver!
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