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

Qualcomm Atheros AR3012 Bluetooth 4.0 HS is a Bluetooth hardware device. 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_0489&PID_E043.

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

1. You can download from the link below the driver installer file for the Qualcomm Atheros Communications Qualcomm Atheros AR3012 Bluetooth 4.0 HS driver. The archive contains version 8.0.0001.0300 dated 2013-08-09 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 (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 installation wizard, which will guide you; it should be pretty easy to follow. The driver installation wizard will scan 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 is digitally signed by Qualcomm Atheros Communications.
Download size of the driver: 318124 bytes (310.67 KB)
Driver rating 4.8 stars out of 26756 votes.
This driver is 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. Installing the Qualcomm Atheros Communications Qualcomm Atheros AR3012 Bluetooth 4.0 HS 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, not just this one. How easy can you install a driver with DriverMax? Let's see!

1. Start DriverMax and press 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 4.0 HS driver. Click the Update button.
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5. That's all, the driver is now installed!
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