Qualcomm Atheros Communications Qualcomm Atheros AR3012 Bluetooth 4.0 driver download and installation

Qualcomm Atheros AR3012 Bluetooth 4.0 is a Bluetooth hardware device. This driver was developed by Qualcomm Atheros Communications. USB/VID_04CA&PID_3005 is the matching hardware id of this device.

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

1. You can download from the link below the driver setup file for the Qualcomm Atheros Communications Qualcomm Atheros AR3012 Bluetooth 4.0 driver. The archive contains version 8.0.0001.0316 dated 2014-01-21 of the driver.
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3. Run the driver installer file from a user account with administrative rights. If your User Access Control Service (UAC) is enabled 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 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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2. Installing the Qualcomm Atheros Communications Qualcomm Atheros AR3012 Bluetooth 4.0 driver using DriverMax: the easy way

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

1. Open DriverMax and press 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 driver updates. Search the list until you find the Qualcomm Atheros Communications Qualcomm Atheros AR3012 Bluetooth 4.0 driver. Click on Update.
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5. Enjoy using the updated driver! :)
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