Driver for Qualcomm Atheros Communications Qualcomm Atheros AR3012 Bluetooth 4.0 Adapter - downloading and installing it

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

1. Qualcomm Atheros Communications Qualcomm Atheros AR3012 Bluetooth 4.0 Adapter - install the driver manually

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 8.0.0001.0322 released on 2014-04-18.
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3. Start the driver setup file from a Windows account with the highest privileges (rights). If your User Access Control Service (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. Follow the driver installation wizard, which should be pretty straightforward. The driver installation wizard will scan your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Shutdown and restart your PC and enjoy the new driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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This driver is not digitally signed.

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2. How to install Qualcomm Atheros Communications Qualcomm Atheros AR3012 Bluetooth 4.0 Adapter driver using DriverMax

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 push on the yellow button that says ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to analyze each driver on your computer.
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3. Take a look at the list of detected driver updates. Scroll the list down until you find 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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