I have a Studio XPS 7100 with windows 10 pro. Lately the Bluetooth toggle switch is gone and I cannot find any sign of Bluetooth in my Device Manager? I only see it listed in Services. Is there a driver or download solution for this?
I was able to fix my computer. I went to this dell support page. Typed in my computer model. Ran diagnostic tests. Looked for driver updates. One was listed for my network card. No driver updates were given going through the windows 10 settings update utility. Here is the page I went to. Product Support | Dell US good luck.
I have been having the same problem. It has happened 3 times now. It will go away and then it will return at a later date. Lost it about a week ago again. It has still not returned. My situation is exactly as you have explained above.
I downloaded the Dell Bluetooth driver for my pc and it won’t let me install it for security reasons… it says check for an updated driver from manufacturer and of course I cannot find anything
@Gary3072 - Dell doesn't support Win 10 on the Studio XPS 7100. So exactly what driver did you try to install since there's no Win 10 driver? The only BT driver I see for the Studio XPS 7100 is for Win 7, which won't work with Win 10.
Try this: Open Device Manager and click View>Show hidden devices on the DM toolbar. Then go down the entire list in DM looking or any "Unknown" devices. Right-click and uninstall all Unknown devices. Next, click Action>Scan for hardware changes and see if the correct driver gets installed and BT works again.
NOTE: you may have to reboot after the driver gets installed before BT starts working again...
@Gary3072 - If no Unknown is listed, just try scanning for new hardware. If an Unknown appears after scanning, uninstall it.
If that doesn't help, when was last time you replaced the motherboard battery? BIOS may have lost track of the BT module if that battery is weak/dead so...
Reboot and start tapping F2 when you see the Dell splash screen to open BIOS setup
Copy down all current BIOS settings, to be safe
Power off, unplug
Press/hold power button for ~15 sec
Open case and remove motherboard battery (check Service Manual for details)
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Posted December 11th, 2021 19:00
Decided to just get the dongle...Hopefully that fixes my situation. The bluetooth switch does show on my Inspiron laptop though...strange