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January 23rd, 2018 04:00
Latitude 7480 Bluetooth
I have a Latitude 7480 that was accidentally ordered without bluetooth, so Windows and the BIOS do not show bluetooth being available. The laptop has an Intel 8265NGW (Dell P# 08F3Y8) in it. I have a Latitude 7280 with the EXACT same card in it that has bluetooth functioning fine (it was ordered with BT). I tried swapping the cards just in case the BT function is somehow activated/deactivated on the card but that has not allowed me to get BT working on the 7480. How is this bluetooth stuff activated? The hardware seems the same, is it a license of some kind that gets turned on in the BIOS? I guess gone are the days of simply installing a BT compatible card and BOOM away you go? I'm very confused by this. Both the 7280 w/ BT and the 7480 have two antenna cables leading into the WiFi/BT card (Main/Aux) so they seem identical... I am stumped... how do I get bluetooth on the 7480??? I have no issue with ordering/paying for something to do this (whether its physical or a license to activate BT on this 7480 that was ordered w/o BT)... or at the very least can I order a BT card and install it into the WWAN slot of the 7480 or something?
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

