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

Qualcomm Atheros Bluetooth 4.0 is a Bluetooth device. This driver was developed by Qualcomm Atheros Communications. In order to make sure you are downloading the exact right driver the hardware id is USB/VID_13D3&PID_3497.

1. Manually install Qualcomm Atheros Communications Qualcomm Atheros Bluetooth 4.0 driver

1. Download the driver setup file for Qualcomm Atheros Communications Qualcomm Atheros Bluetooth 4.0 driver from the link below. This download link is for the driver version 4.0.0.648 released on 2016-02-18.
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3. Start the driver installation file from a Windows account with administrative rights. If your User Access Control Service (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. Go through the driver installation wizard, which should be quite 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 PC and enjoy the fresh driver, it is as simple as that.
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This driver was not digitally signed.
Download size of the driver: 596890 bytes (582.90 KB)
This driver was rated with an average of 3.4 stars by 23759 users.
This driver was released for the following versions of Windows:

• This driver works on Windows 2000 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows Server 2003 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows XP 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows Vista 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 7 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 8 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 8.1 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 10 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 11 32 bits

2. Installing the Qualcomm Atheros Communications Qualcomm Atheros Bluetooth 4.0 driver using DriverMax: the easy way

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 using DriverMax? Let's follow a few steps!

1. Open DriverMax and click 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 detected driver updates. Scroll the list down until you locate the Qualcomm Atheros Communications Qualcomm Atheros Bluetooth 4.0 driver. Click on Update.
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5. That's all, the driver is now installed!
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