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 driver was developed by Qualcomm Atheros Communications Inc.. The hardware id of this driver is PCI/VEN_168C&DEV_0024&SUBSYS_7132144F; this string has to match your hardware.

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

1. Download the driver setup file for Qualcomm Atheros Communications Inc. Qualcomm Atheros AR5008X Wireless Network Adapter driver from the location below. This download link is for the driver version 10.0.0.293 released on 2014-07-08.
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3. Start the driver setup file from a Windows account with administrative 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 installation wizard, which should be quite straightforward. The driver installation wizard will analyze your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Restart your computer 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 3.6 stars out of 75609 votes.

2. The easy way: 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. 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 driver updates. Search the list until you find the Qualcomm Atheros Communications Inc. Qualcomm Atheros AR5008X Wireless Network Adapter driver. Click on Update.
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5. That's it, you installed your first driver!
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