Qualcomm Atheros Communications Inc. Qualcomm Atheros AR5008X Wireless Network Adapter - two ways of downloading and installing the driver

Qualcomm Atheros AR5008X Wireless Network Adapter is a Network Adapters hardware device. This Windows driver was developed by Qualcomm Atheros Communications Inc.. PCI/VEN_168C&DEV_0024&SUBSYS_102210E9 is the matching hardware id of this device.

1. Qualcomm Atheros Communications Inc. Qualcomm Atheros AR5008X Wireless Network Adapter - install the driver manually

1. Download the setup file for Qualcomm Atheros Communications Inc. Qualcomm Atheros AR5008X Wireless Network Adapter driver from the link below. This is the download link for the driver version 10.0.0.276 released on 2013-12-23.
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3. Start the driver setup file from a Windows account with the highest privileges (rights). If your UAC (User Access Control) is running then you will have to accept 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 scan your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Restart your PC and enjoy the updated driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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This driver was not digitally signed.

This driver received an average rating of 3.1 stars out of 56763 votes.

2. Using DriverMax to install Qualcomm Atheros Communications Inc. Qualcomm Atheros AR5008X Wireless Network Adapter driver

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 can you install a driver using DriverMax? Let's see!

1. Open 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 PC.
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3. Take a look at the list of available driver updates. Search the list until you locate the Qualcomm Atheros Communications Inc. Qualcomm Atheros AR5008X Wireless Network Adapter driver. Click on Update.
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5. That's all, the driver is now installed!
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