m1530 bluetooth missing

I reinstalled vista and drivers and recently noticed that i have no bluetooth.

I tried to install the driver from the dell site (correct version) and when it starts it asks to activate bluetooth.


The wireless works fine and is on all the time, and i can't find bluetooth listed in device manager.

Any help would be appreciated, thx!

 

Did you try what the message said to do?

You won't see bluetooth in device manager until it is enabled.

 

the radio (wireless) is on, and fn and f2 doesn't do anything.

 

Start > Control Panel > Bluetooth Devices. There should be a check box to allow you turn turn the Bluetooth adapter on or off.

 

U need to run small patch which was released by Dell and is fixing just this problem

http://www.2shared.com/file/5641878/ad3c7d75/Bluetooth_355Patch.html

http://support.dell.com/support/dow...-1&impid=-1&formatcnt=1&libid=5&fileid=213714

 

blazom, rep added!!
thanks!

 

this patch says it is for -

Inspiron 640m / E1405
Inspiron 9400/E1705
Inspiron 6400/E1505
XPS M1210
XPS M1710

will it work on m1530?

p.s. No Bluetooth Devices in Control panel

 

I had exactly the same problem. I installed the patch as said by Blazom.
the problem is solved but now i no more get the option to turn off the Bluetooth adapter, neither from the taskbar icon nor from the Bluetooth devices dialog box.

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Earlier i used to get the option to turn off the bluetooth adapter..
any ideas people?

thanks.

 

Did you go the 'Windows Mobility' and activate it from there? On some laptops, the bluetooth option doesn't show up.

 

Try to turn on Bluetooth service and Bluetooth support service,, then manualy start *.*exe files in folder /program files/widcomm/bluetooth software

after that go to control panel and run Bluetooth devices...

when I did this I had there option to Turn Off B.device...

 

Is Bluetooth enabled in the BIOS?

 

Yes works like a charm in the m1530!

 

Doesnt matter what type of system do u have!
Important is that u have the same type of bluetooth !

 

Pl. solve my problem. Model No. Dell XPS M1530

 

Since you are on Vista, did you install Service Pack 2 yet? If so, run this driver:

ftp://ftp.us.dell.com/network/R216468.exe


If you have not installed SP2 for Vista, first run this (then install the driver):

ftp://ftp.us.dell.com/network/MICROSOFT_WINDOWS-VISTA-SP1-_A01_R204794.EXE

 

download the 'patch' that blazom had on page 1 of this thread...

install the current 'FN-F2_problem" BT driver that you have..

when you get to the FN-F2 part, open the 'patch'... the setup will continue.

if it doesn't work, when you are booting in BIOS, press F2 to get into the setup, and setup the wireless switch to enable both BT and WiFi... set the wifi switch to ON when installing (you will see the WiFi LED incdicator on, but no BT LED because the drivers aren't installd yet)

//had this problem when trying to install bluetooth on my m1330 on windows x64....patch works