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

Qualcomm Atheros AR3012 Bluetooth 4.0 is a Bluetooth device. This Windows driver was developed by Qualcomm Atheros Communications. The hardware id of this driver is USB/VID_0930&PID_021C.

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

1. Download the setup file for Qualcomm Atheros Communications Qualcomm Atheros AR3012 Bluetooth 4.0 driver from the location below. This is the download link for the driver version 8.0.0001.0302 released on 2013-08-28.
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3. Start the driver installation file from a Windows account with the highest privileges (rights). If your UAC (User Access Control) is running 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. Shutdown and restart your PC and enjoy the updated driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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2. The easy way: using DriverMax to install Qualcomm Atheros Communications Qualcomm Atheros AR3012 Bluetooth 4.0 driver

The advantage of using DriverMax is that it will install the driver for you in the easiest possible way and it will keep each driver up to date, not just this one. How can you install a driver using DriverMax? Let's take a look!

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