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December 20th, 2015 12:00
Bluetooth not affected by wireless switch anymore - Latitude E5500
Greetings!
Dear all, my problem is that I can't switch bluetooth back on on my Latitude E5500/Win 7. The WS (wireless switch) does not affect BT anyomre, just WLAN despite in BIOS all 4 checkboxes are checked in the Wireless section.
I recall that months ago I set the WS to affect only the WLAN, but I do not recall what software utility was that. It have had a user interface with a dropdown list where I was able to select what features the WS should affect: wireless or bluetooth or both. Maybe it was Dell Wireless Card Utility? If so, I think I uninstalled it later b/c can't find this utility on my laptop. How could I restore the original functionality of the wireless switch? It seems that Windows overrides BIOS settings (e.g. temporary I set the WS to not affect wlan) but after windows is loaded in, the WS switches wlan off and on happily.
Thanks!
ieee488
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December 21st, 2015 07:00
Drivers and utilities are found on Dell's website
Zolly75
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December 22nd, 2015 13:00
Thanks, I think the problem is that there is no BT hardware at all in this computer. It is a corporate and I have a 2nd instance of Latitude E5500. Disabling BT radio described in my initial post perhaps occurred to to the previous E5500. Anyway, I disassembled my current box and the socket near the wlan card is empty, so I guess there is no BT card in this computer.