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. The Windows version of this driver was developed by Qualcomm Atheros Communications. USB/VID_0930&PID_022A is the matching hardware id of this device.

1. Install Qualcomm Atheros Communications Qualcomm Atheros AR3012 Bluetooth 4.0 driver manually

1. Download the setup file for Qualcomm Atheros Communications Qualcomm Atheros AR3012 Bluetooth 4.0 driver from the link below. This is the download link for the driver version 8.0.0001.0318 released on 2014-02-21.
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3. Start the driver installation file from a Windows account with the highest privileges (rights). If your User Access Control (UAC) is started 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 scan your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Shutdown and restart your computer and enjoy the fresh driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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2. How to install Qualcomm Atheros Communications Qualcomm Atheros AR3012 Bluetooth 4.0 driver using DriverMax

The most important 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 with DriverMax? Let's take a look!

1. Start 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 detected 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. That's it, you installed your first driver!
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