Qualcomm Atheros Communications Qualcomm Atheros AR3012 Bluetooth 4.0 Adapter - two ways of downloading and installing the driver

Qualcomm Atheros AR3012 Bluetooth 4.0 Adapter is a Bluetooth device. The Windows version of this driver was developed by Qualcomm Atheros Communications. USB/VID_0CF3&PID_311D is the matching hardware id of this device.

1. How to manually install Qualcomm Atheros Communications Qualcomm Atheros AR3012 Bluetooth 4.0 Adapter driver

1. Download the setup file for Qualcomm Atheros Communications Qualcomm Atheros AR3012 Bluetooth 4.0 Adapter driver from the location below. This is the download link for the driver version 8.0.0001.0306 released on 2013-09-18.
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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 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 should be quite easy to follow. The driver setup wizard will analyze your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Restart your PC and enjoy the fresh driver, it is as simple as that.
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Qualcomm Atheros Communications applied a digital signature to this driver.
File size of the driver: 320363 bytes (312.85 KB)
This driver was installed by many users and received an average rating of 4.1 stars out of 21568 votes.
This driver was released for 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. Using DriverMax to install Qualcomm Atheros Communications Qualcomm Atheros AR3012 Bluetooth 4.0 Adapter driver

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, not just this one. How easy can you install a driver using DriverMax? Let's follow a few steps!

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 driver updates. Scroll the list down until you locate the Qualcomm Atheros Communications Qualcomm Atheros AR3012 Bluetooth 4.0 Adapter driver. Click the Update button.
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5. That's all, the driver is now installed!
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