t61p bluetooth problems

I ordered a t61p with vista ultimate, and did the fresh install with the 64 bit OS. All the drivers worked great, its running like a dream, except i can't for the life of me get bluetooth operational. It says on the packing and order that the machine has it. The monitor diag bar has the bluetooth icon. But the enhanced data rate drivers and the default vista haven't listed a bluetooth device anywhere I can see in the device manager. I'm at a loss, i'd like to use a bluetooth headset and mouse with the machine but before i call or yell at lenovo i was wondering if anyone else struggled with this or has any idea's. Thanks

 

I had this same problem when installing a new copy of XP on my T61. Turns out that I needed to "switch on" the bluetooth radio before installing a new XP. You might need to do the same thing.

I was lucky and kept a backup image of the factory install of Windows XP on a second hard drive, so I just booted using that hard drive and then switched it on using Fn+F5. Then I switched out the hard drives and XP found the bluetooth radio.

 

so could I install the thinkvantage drivers to enable the keys and toggle it on ? I just tried to and its like they didn't even install, the blue key doesn't work, no power management loaded or on the start menu ...

 

as an update, i tried reinstalling all the thinkvantage stuff (Power management, productivity, mobile center) and none of it will load in tray, and the blue button and proprietary function keys still do nothing is this a 64 bit fubar ?

 

not to keep bumping, we ordered a few more thinkpads. i put another hard drive in with the stock software, turned on bluetooth, swapped drives back and it still isn't working

 

Has Lenovo fixed this problem yet?

 

I have a t61p with a clean install of vista-64 and the lenovo drivers. The keyboard I am typing on a wireless bluetooth keyboard. I've never had any trouble with it.