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    Please help Bluetooth Issue!

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by adrock301, Jun 9, 2007.

  1. adrock301

    adrock301 Notebook Geek

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    Hey guys, I just installed Vista Ultimate on my M1210. I can't seem to get Bluetooth working. I download the driver from dell.com for the 355 bluetooth with EDR, which is correct for mine, and it goes through the extract. Once opened it says please turn the bluetooth module on by pressing Fn + F2 or by the radio button. Here's the catch, Fn + F2 does nothing, and I do not have the task bar icon anymore. I do have it enabled in my bios, but can't seem to get the machine to know I have it. I don't see anything in my device manager regarding bluetooth either...

    Any suggestions?

    Thanks!
     
    adrock301, Jun 9, 2007
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    LeeC81 Notebook Consultant

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    yes yes ohh yea...lol.. it happened to me as well when i upgraded to Vista Business...do you know what i end up doing? format C, and fresh installed Xp. After that, i got my bluetooth back... so give it a try.
     
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    adrock301 Notebook Geek

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    OK, figuered it out... went to the win32 folder from the BT driver folder, then tried every single exe. file, finally one worked and at least installed the software, was still unable to hit Fn+F2, but after it completed it did give me the taskbar icon, and now everything is peachy...

    Thanks
     
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