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    Razer Orochi / Bluetooth M14x R2

    Discussion in 'Alienware 14 and M14x' started by saurey, Jun 1, 2012.

  1. saurey

    saurey Notebook Guru

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    Anyone have trouble with the bluetooth/Orochi where it drops connectivity after awhile?

    Mine has the centrino Intel bluetooth. Anyone have any tips or fixes?

    I dont' want to go wired, or use another bluetooth dongle.

    LOVING the machine so far!

    -H
     
    saurey, Jun 1, 2012
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  2. Nivaku

    Nivaku Notebook Evangelist

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    Did you goto the manufacturer's website itself not dells driver website and update the bluetooth driver? goto the device manager settings and check if there's like a power saving mode and try disabling that.

    Hope this helps and solves your problems
     
    Nivaku, Jun 1, 2012
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    MrD1sturbed Notebook Evangelist

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    When you say drops connectivity are you talking about during use, or just delay in waking up after no use for a period of time? If it's the later, then it's working as designed (the orochi like most BT devices will go into a power save mode if not used). I have the same setup (same Centrino Wifi/BT card & the Orochi) and have not had any issues with it.
     
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  4. saurey

    saurey Notebook Guru

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    It's dropping after about 5-10 minutes during use like in the middle of Alan Wake or something. I've used it for a long time with other computers, no issue. I think it's the BT Stack on the M14X R2. I'm going to try to get the latest centrino bluetooth driver from Intel and see if that helps, if not I have a spare dongle... that's not as convenient though.
     
    saurey, Jun 1, 2012
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    Mine works fine with Killer bluetooth
     
    JBthatsMe, Jun 1, 2012
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  6. M11xDude

    M11xDude Notebook Consultant

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    I have the Intel Centrino Bluetooth and no problems here either.
     
    M11xDude, Jun 1, 2012
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  7. saurey

    saurey Notebook Guru

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    Haven't had issue all day... also did update the wireless driver from intel, but that seemed to only do the wifi... oh well :)
     
    saurey, Jun 2, 2012
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  8. M11xDude

    M11xDude Notebook Consultant

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    If it happens again, try checking and updating the firmware on your Razer Orochi. You can go to razersupport.com site and download the latest firmware there. I read that the new firmware addresses the sleep mode settings issue of the mouse.
     
    M11xDude, Jun 2, 2012
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    i have the R1 and it drops out also...
     
    shak541, Jun 2, 2012
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  10. saurey

    saurey Notebook Guru

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    Yeah I have the latest orochi firmware... shak541, try intel driver update??
     
    saurey, Jun 3, 2012
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