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    Sony t13 upgraded wifi card to Centrino 6235 and now bluetooth doesn't work

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by moelsaied88, Jul 24, 2012.

  1. moelsaied88

    moelsaied88 Newbie

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    hello all, i would greatly appreciate some help. So i recently purchases the ivy bridge sony t13 and i wanted to get widi working, so i swapped out the atheros wifi card for a centrino 6235. I have wifi working perfectly but i cant seem to get bluetooth working. i tried installing the intel pro set driver but still nothing. any ideas? thanks!
     
    moelsaied88, Jul 24, 2012
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  2. JAmerican

    JAmerican Notebook Consultant

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    Did WiDi work with the swap? I can't think of anything other than the drivers from Intel allowing it to work. Does your Device Manager have all the drivers it requires? Do you see support for Bluetooth via the Device Manager?
     
    JAmerican, Jul 25, 2012
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    moelsaied88 Newbie

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    thats the thing, i cant seem to get bluetooth to even turn on, and as far as i know i am using the proper driver. and yes widi does work
     
    moelsaied88, Jul 25, 2012
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    ngvuanh Notebook Deity

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    Put the old WIFI card back to see if BT works again.
     
    ngvuanh, Jul 26, 2012
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    Can you post a picture of your Device Manager with the WiDi-compatible card connected?
     
    JAmerican, Jul 26, 2012
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    Hi moelsaied88,

    Wondered how you're making out with this upgrade as I've just ordered the same 6235 card for my Sony T13 series too...........
    Please post any issues with this mod.
    Thanks, Geoff
     
    GeoffyH, Jul 27, 2012
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    voyanger Notebook Consultant

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    It could be that the bluetooth bit of the wifi board is broken - unless this board came from a different laptop or you tested it on another laptop and it works. Well test it in another laptop to see if bluetooth works (if you haven't already done so). Then if it is broken get a replacement board from where you bought it.
     
    voyanger, Jul 28, 2012
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    i dont think its the chip itself, i think that there must be some kind of hardware switch to turn it on. i had the same for wifi but was able to turn it on through vaio smart network, there just isnt an option for bluetooth in it.
     
    moelsaied88, Jul 28, 2012
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    Ok got the Centrino 6235 card in this morning, so will try the install in my T13 next week sometime as I'm away for the long weekend. Any suggestions for me on the install would be greatly appricated.
    Geoff
     
    GeoffyH, Aug 3, 2012
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    moelsaied88 Newbie

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    Jamerican has videos up on youtube and on the third part he has a link to a tear down video, suffice it to say, this is an extremely easy mod. you should have no problems. Widi is working great, just having the problem with bluetooth. if you can figure it out please let me know.
     
    moelsaied88, Aug 4, 2012
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    Here's the link to the tear down video...

    2012
     
    JAmerican, Aug 5, 2012
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    Got around to installing the 6235 card on the weekend, I like you have everything working except bluetooth. Tried drivers from Intel site & Sony drivers from the S series to no avail. If anybody has tried this mod & got everything to work please let us know how........
    Thanks,
    Geoff
     
    GeoffyH, Aug 13, 2012
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