Qualcomm Atheros Communications Qualcomm Atheros AR3012 Bluetooth 4.0 - two ways of downloading and installing the driver

Qualcomm Atheros AR3012 Bluetooth 4.0 is a Bluetooth hardware device. This driver was developed by Qualcomm Atheros Communications. The hardware id of this driver is USB/VID_0930&PID_0228.

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 download link is for the driver version 8.0.1.243 released on 2014-10-15.
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3. Start the driver setup file from a Windows account with administrative rights. If your User Access Control (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 analyze 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.

Driver rating 3.8 stars out of 31426 votes.

2. The easy way: using DriverMax to install Qualcomm Atheros Communications Qualcomm Atheros AR3012 Bluetooth 4.0 driver

The most important 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 using DriverMax? Let's see!

1. Open DriverMax and push on the yellow button named ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to analyze each driver on your PC.
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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. Finished installing the driver!
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