Qualcomm Atheros Communications Qualcomm Atheros AR3012 Bluetooth 4.0 HS Adapter how to download and install the driver

Qualcomm Atheros AR3012 Bluetooth 4.0 HS Adapter is a Bluetooth hardware device. The Windows version of this driver was developed by Qualcomm Atheros Communications. In order to make sure you are downloading the exact right driver the hardware id is USB/VID_0CF3&PID_312D&MI_02.

1. Manually install Qualcomm Atheros Communications Qualcomm Atheros AR3012 Bluetooth 4.0 HS Adapter driver

1. You can download from the link below the driver setup file for the Qualcomm Atheros Communications Qualcomm Atheros AR3012 Bluetooth 4.0 HS Adapter driver. The archive contains version 8.0.0001.0306 dated 2013-09-18 of the driver.
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3. Run the driver installer file from a user account with the highest privileges (rights). If your User Access Control Service (UAC) is running please accept 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 scan your computer and will install the right driver.
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7. When the operation finishes restart your computer in order to use the updated driver. As you can see it was quite smple to install a Windows driver!
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This driver is digitally signed by Qualcomm Atheros Communications.
Driver file size: 320363 bytes (312.85 KB)
This driver was rated with an average of 4.2 stars by 70561 users.
This driver will work 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. Installing the Qualcomm Atheros Communications Qualcomm Atheros AR3012 Bluetooth 4.0 HS Adapter driver using DriverMax: the easy way

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 follow a few steps!

1. Start DriverMax and push on the yellow button named ~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 detected driver updates. Search the list until you locate the Qualcomm Atheros Communications Qualcomm Atheros AR3012 Bluetooth 4.0 HS Adapter driver. Click on Update.
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5. That's it, you installed your first driver!
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