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    bluetooth stack problem

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by jkh13, May 20, 2007.

  1. jkh13

    jkh13 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I recently followed a tutorial to replace the toshiba bluetooth stack on my SZ38GP with the widcomm 5 stack: http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=43865&highlight=widcomm+bluetooth

    It succesfully installed however it refused to work with my bluetooth headset (sony bt20nx which uses a2dp).

    I wanted to revert back to the old toshiba software that worked with the headset but it cannot revert back for some reason. I uninstalled the widcomm software and ran the toshiba install from the c:\drivers\bluetooth folder but it keeps on saying that the device is not connected and refuses to install. The only device that is still there is a device without drivers called "UGX" which is the bluetooth device, but the installer doesnt realise this and doesn't install the drivers. When trying to manually install the drivers it fails as well saying the inf files do not contain any info for the hardware.

    It only wants to work with those hacked widcomm drivers now and I cannot get the toshiba drivers to install, does anyone know the exact inf files that the bluetooth device needs? is there a way to reinstall the toshiba bluetooth? I have also tried the latest drivers from the toshiba site and sony support site but they still give the same problem of not detecting the device.
     
    jkh13, May 20, 2007
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    ubercool Notebook Deity

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    Don't forget that you need to reset your Bluetooth device for it to be picked up by a new Bluetooth driver. :cool:
     
    ubercool, May 20, 2007
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  3. jkh13

    jkh13 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Oddly enough after lots of trail and improvement I managed to solve this problem. I downloaded the very latest bluetooth stack from the toshiba website and it installed perfectly, drivers and everything.

    Interestingly enough none of the previous versions from the sony website, C:\drivers or from other sites on the internet worked, they all couldnt detect the bluetooth. The only one that worked was the latest one on the toshiba site.

    When I loaded it up it said my evaluation period was over (I was using a previous version of the toshiba stack beforehand) but a quick registry entry delete sorted that out :)

    If anyone else has the same problem as me you can get the version I used from this link: http://aps.toshiba-tro.de/bluetooth/pages/download.php

    Its the very first one.
     
    jkh13, May 21, 2007
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  4. Visioneer

    Visioneer Notebook Evangelist

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    Which registry entry did you delete?
     
    Visioneer, May 21, 2007
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