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XPS 18 Cannot Add Bluetooth Devices

I have been trying to add a variety of bluetooth devices to my XPS 18 and it will not recognize any of them.  Any advice on how to troubleshoot this?

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    Posted August 2nd, 2013 01:00

    Hi chunchma,

    Good day and welcome to the community!

    Thanks for reaching out to us. You have to make sure that those drivers are up to date. You can check on this link http://dell.to/12QP7Pr for the most updated one. You can also verify in the device manager if the card is being recognized by the system. At the same time, kindly run the system diagnostics to isolate any Hardware failure. Just restart the system and tap F12 on dell logo. Let me know of the results. Glad to help.

    Thanks and Regards,

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    Posted August 2nd, 2013 15:00

    Thx so much for responding.  Unfortunately, none of your suggested troubleshooting steps resulted in a solution.  I've paired bluetooth devices to a number of different PCs, cars, phones, etc so I can't imagine what I'm doing wrong.  The driver is updated, the device is recognized and working properly in the device manager and I got no errors after running hardware diagnostics.

    If anyone has run into this --- or better yet --- if anyone can confirm that pairing a device to the XPS 18 works flawlessly for them, it would be greatly appreciated.

    THX!

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    Posted August 6th, 2013 17:00

    Just thought I'd check one more time for any experience in this space before I initiate a return for my XPS 18.  THX

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    Posted August 8th, 2013 00:00

    Hi chunchma,

    What is the current Operating System installed to your system? And what bluetooth devices are you pairing with the saystem?

    Thanks and Regards,

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    Posted August 8th, 2013 08:00

    Windows 8 and I have tried to pair a Bluetooth headset as well as a keyboard and a mouse.  All of these items can be paired to my XPS One 2710, so I know they work.

     

    THX!

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    Posted August 8th, 2013 19:00

    I had updated the wrong driver. I had to update the killer n wireless software and it solved the issue.  Thx.

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    Posted August 12th, 2013 03:00

    Hi chunchma,

    Good to know all works well on your end now. For anything else, just let me know and I'm glad to assist further.

    Thanks and Regards,