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    Bluetooth Driver not working.

    Discussion in 'HP' started by mu5ic92, May 19, 2011.

  1. mu5ic92

    mu5ic92 Notebook Geek

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    did a clean install on my dv6 with bluetooth. but now when i try to install the bluetooth driver it says no bluetooth device is found. what am i missing?
     
    mu5ic92, May 19, 2011
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    Bump. Anybody? can someone please give me the way to search this forum.
     
    mu5ic92, May 19, 2011
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  3. Jerohm

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    Is there any reference to it (should be 2) device manager->network adapters ?? If the driver isn't installed, I guess there should be at least see a question mark or two ...
     
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    no i dont see any sort of refrence to it. all i see under network adapters is.
    intel WiFi Link 1000 BGN
    microsft Virtual WiFi MiniPort Adapter
    microsft Virtual WiFi MiniPort Adapter #2
    Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller
     
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    hmmm... you shouldn't lose hardware because of a software update... It can stop working correctly ... but you should still see it (yellow question mark). If you completely power down the machine and restart and you still don't see the bluetooth transmiter/receiver (or yellow quetsion mark), it sounds like the device is out to lunch. Things like this happen when people poke around on the inside, but shouldn't by mere loading software. Good luck
     
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    well i figured it out was actually pretty simple. turns out reinstalling HP wireless assistant allowed me to activate the Bluetooth and install the driver.
     
    mu5ic92, May 19, 2011
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    Is the Bluetooth integrated in the Wifi Card? Or is it a separate module in the notebook?
     
    XEROenvy, May 20, 2011
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    I think Bluetooth and WiFi are by same manufacturer, maybe on same chip as well. This is because Bluetooth 3.0+HS makes use of Wifi radio to achieve speeds of upto 24 Mbps!
     
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    they are SEPARATE half size boards ... which makes me question the whole BT 3.0 (24 Mbps) thing. The WiFi is the Intel 1000 and the Bluetooth is a Broadcom 2070 ... now if the 6230 was installed/supported, I would have more confidence.
     
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    But isn't the Broadcom 2070 a Bluetooth 3.0 card?
     
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    That is what I read, but I certainly don't understand how it could make use of the Intel 1000 xmit/rcvrs ? :confused: ? Not saying that it can't, but I need some further explaination.

    (** VVVV *** thanks for the explaination! )
     
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    The 2070 has its own antenna etched on the card.

    The Broadcom BCM2070 is a monolithic, single-chip, stand-alone baseband processor with a high performance integrated 2.4-GHz RF transceiver.

    In other words, it doesn't rely on the intel wifi.
     
    Falco152, May 20, 2011
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    Ok I guess I misunderstood it. But I read that Bluetooth 3.0+HS does make use of 802.11
    Probably it has its own 802.11 link.
     
    geekboy, May 20, 2011
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    I don't think you misunderstood anything... I was under the same opinion. Maybe it was true for early implementations.
     
    Jerohm, May 21, 2011
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    Both of you are right, it does utilize the 802.11 PHY/Linky Layer for the 2.4Ghz spectrum. Just where was the radio was incorrect.
     
    Falco152, May 21, 2011
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