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    Dell BlueTooth driver not found?

    Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by fred2028, Aug 23, 2010.

  1. fred2028

    fred2028 Sexy member

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    The error I get is in the attached image. Any ideas how to fix this? Dell's drivers solved every problem except this 1. When I click Explore More, it gives me a generic help screen.
     

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  2. pmassey31545

    pmassey31545 Whats the mission sir?

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    Used to have a Inspiron 1721 and it would radomly do the same thing. I would go to the Device Mgr, uninstall. Search for new Hardware. Let it install and it was good. BUT!!!, I had to find a good driver first. After the driver install, it would always find it when going through the steps I listed above. Don't know if that helps or not.
     
    pmassey31545, Sep 1, 2010
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  3. H.A.L. 9000

    H.A.L. 9000 Occam's Chainsaw

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    I'd say 98%+ of Dell's bluetooth modules are of a Broadcom or ALPS brand with ALPS being just a rebranded Broadcom chipset reference design, therefore making the OEM Broadcom Widdcomm stack avaliable to you. You can download the latest version HERE. Broadcom will update driver packages much more often than Dell will.
     
    H.A.L. 9000, Sep 2, 2010
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