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June 24th, 2004 07:00
X300 Bluetooth not working
I recently did a complete reinstall of XP to my X300 from the supplied Dell CD's. Despite downloading the latest drivers etc. i cannot get my internal Bluetooth device to work. In fact i get an error message saying that the device cannot be found.
If i enable my internal WIFI card pressing Fn+F2 switches it on and off (didn't do this prioir to the reinstall). If i disable the WIFI card then after pressing Fn+F2 The Bluetooth device appears in the device manager with the yellow ! indicating an eror. If i select reinstall driver then i get the error message saying it cannot find the device.
I gave the blue/red bluetooth symbol on the task bar
Going round in circles...............
DELL-BobT
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June 24th, 2004 17:00
GGUK,
Thank you for using the Dell Community Forum.
The exclamation mark indicates that the device is recognized but the driver is incorrect. To remedy this, I recommend downloading current drivers from the Downloads tab (above) You may also consider visiting the Windows Update site to obtain any other drivers that you need.
GGUK
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June 25th, 2004 06:00
thanks for the advice. I have tried this already but thought i would try again. Downloaded R77162 and ran setup from the sub folder 301804.
After a while i get a message asking me to turn on Bluetooth Radio by pressing Fn+F2. (If i hit cancel it states that the BT device eas not detected). After pressing Fn+F2 i get another alert message saying that the PRO/Wireless LAN 2100 3A MiniPCI adaptor is still disabled. If i enable the WIF card pressing Fn+F2 turns that on and off and has no affect on the bluetooth card.
The error in device manager if i manually try and update the errored drive and point to R77162\301804 i eventually get the error "bluetooth module in firmware upgrade problem"etc etc
There is i guess a conflict between the BT and WIFI cards.
I have not flashed my BIOS from the original (A04)?