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    HELP, Bought Dell Bluetooth 365 for Mini 1012

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by ptown434, Apr 8, 2010.

  1. ptown434

    ptown434 Newbie

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    I am having trouble using the Wireless 365 BlueTooth card. I bought it from Ebay. I installed it fine. I downloaded the driver R226746 from Dell and that installed fine as well. But I cannot open the bluetooth settings and when I try to add any devices to computer, it just stays searching and does not find any of my devices. So before I contact the seller back and blame the bluetooth pcmcia card, I want to make sure I did everything correct and its not a software/driver problem. Can anybody that installed a bluetooth card please help me. ??
     
    ptown434, Apr 8, 2010
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  2. kapilk007

    kapilk007 Notebook Consultant

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    Which OS r u using ?
    did u installed the correct driver version ?
    as u say that u cannot add any device i assume the device is detected and was installed properly.

    If you installed correct drivers and installed the device properly but still cannot get it to work then get ur card replaced. :)
     
    kapilk007, Apr 9, 2010
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    ptown434 Newbie

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    I am using the one that came with it. Windows 7 Starter. Yes, the computer detects it and it is sending out signal as well. I know this because while using another laptop, it detects this laptop in the area.

    Any other ideas?
     
    ptown434, Apr 10, 2010
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  4. kapilk007

    kapilk007 Notebook Consultant

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    are both the laptops having their 'device discovery' turned on ?
    have u checked that the devices u want to connect to are 'visible' ?
     
    kapilk007, Apr 11, 2010
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  5. Mr.Singh

    Mr.Singh Notebook Guru

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    could u just check out the version of the OS that u r using is it a 32 bit or 64 bit OS , accordingly installed the same frm support.dell.com :eek:
     
    Mr.Singh, Apr 13, 2010
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