Can't seem to get Bluetooth on my P150HM?

Hey everyone!

I've had my P150HM for about 2 years, and I'm pretty sure I used to be able to get bluetooth to work(I remember accidentally hitting Fn+F12 and it would load something). I recently bought a new SSD Drive, and downloaded all of the drivers from the Clevo website and installed them. Everything is working perfectly, except bluetooth! My mom bought me a bluetooth speaker for Christmas, and I've been using it wired to the headphone jack, but it's just in the way, lol. I try hitting Fn F12, and nothing even happens! It's not in the system tray, device manager, anything!

I have tried uninstalling the Intel Wireless ProSet WiFi technology, as well as the Bluetooth software, and reinstalling them. I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong, it's as if I cannot get a working driver now, or something... The driver from the Clevo website is a zip file, which inside has an "Autorun" Application, and a folder called VistaWin7, which, inside, has folders "vs32" "vs64", which both contain 2 more files "Intel Bluetooth", a Windows Installer, as well as "Setup", an application.

Which one of these am I supposed to run? The Autorun in the main folder of the driver, or the Windows Installer or the Setup file in the folder that matches my systems OS?

I don't want to do another reformat of my laptop, it's just annoying . Thanks!

 

Bluetooth is based on the wireless card on these models. Make sure you have the right drivers installed that match the wireless card that is in your computer. It can get kinda confusing since they post drivers for all the possible wireless card options. Do you know which wireless card you have installed?

 

Hmm. my post didnt show up ...
I have the Intel® 6300 Ultimate-N 802.11A/B/G/N LAN Card, I downloaded the driver from the Clevo website for that driver, installed it, and it's not in the device manager or anything. In the add/remove programs thing, there's a program called Intel ProSet Wireless Software for Bluetooth, but I can't run anything to start BT up... I've rarely had a problem like this with a driver...

 

The 6300 ultimate does NOT come with integrated Bluetooth. Are you sure you didn't use an external BT adapter before?

 

Aw :/... No, I've never actually used bluetooth before, I remember accidentally hitting the Fn F12 button rather than Fn F11(I meant to turn on/off wifi), and something had popped up, before. Is there anything I can do for this? I'm assuming you are saying I cannot use bluetooth with my card unless I get an external adapter(which I don't want). Could I just get a different card, or something...?

 

You could replace the 6300 with a wireless card that has bluetooth. The ones which currently do only use 2 antenna so you wont get quite the range you're getting now. If you do replace that the best bet now would be the Intel AC7260 since it uses the new AC standard and will help "future proof" you. If you wanted to stick with Bigfoot Killer you could get the 1202 wireless card.

 

If you don't actually need that 3rd antenna that 6300 provides, then yes you can opt for a new card. If you don't want to sacrifice range, than an external adapter is your best bet. Although I think for most home users a 2x2 card provides more than enough range.

 

Honestly, I never really looked into which cards do what, I just assumed cards that weren't the base integrated card that would come with the notebook would have better range, so I went with the 6300... Anyways, the range at my house is pretty bad anyways, so I usually use my laptop about 10 feet away from my router/modem. So the two cards recommended are the:

Amazon.com : Bigfoot Networks KillerN-1202 Notebook Wireless Card : Laptop Computer Network Card Adapters : Computers & Accessories
and
Amazon.com: Intel Network 7260.HMWG WiFi Wireless-AC 7260 H/T Dual Band 2x2 AC+Bluetooth HMC: Computers & Accessories

Anyone want to recommend one out of these two? My birthday is coming up in 3 weeks, figured it's the perfect(and somewhat inexpensive) gift to ask for.

Thanks!!

 

Both use 2 antenna so you'll get the same range. The AC 7260 includes the AC support so its the better option in my opinion.

 

Alright, added to my amazon wish list . We'll see what happens! Now to fix other things I messed up while trying to fix my bluetooth problem... ~.~ . Thank you!!

 

Oh dear, computer looking like a room that's been rifled through?

Another vote for the 7260.

 

Lmao, just one thing that was an easy fix. The wifi status icon in the taskbar was showing as the "no connections available" icon, but was fully connected to the internet. I just had to reinstall the driver . Also, I don't think I'm a fan of the Bigfoot cards anyways, seems as if you'd just be paying for the name :|

 

Bigfoot cards are supposed to be a bit better if you're gaming wireless online but being wired will always be the best choice if you needed the best connection possible. I'd still go with the Intel for the AC support.