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    640m: Turn off Bluetooth

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by zander, Jan 14, 2007.

  1. zander

    zander Notebook Guru

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    Sorry about all the questions (well, only 2, but seems like a lot, right?)

    Anyhow, I am trying to disable bluetooth until needed. I have disabled bluetooth radio and it clearly shows that, because when I right click the icon, it clearly shows "enable bluetooth radio" as the only on/off option, aside from the other configuration ones. However, when I hover the cursor over the bluetooth tray icon, it says "Bluetooth on" and the blue indicator light on the laptop body is on as well. I have tried disabling bluetooth on startup, but it just gets rid of the tray icon, not the light.

    When I disable wifi, it say "off" everywhere - in the tray icon, the laptop light, etc.

    How can I get the bluetooth indicators to also turn off completely when bluetooth is shut down? Thanks
     
    zander, Jan 14, 2007
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  2. booger

    booger Notebook Consultant

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    I believe there is a bluetooth Fn key combo. Have you tried that?
     
    booger, Jan 14, 2007
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    mr_bots Notebook Evangelist

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    I believe there are some settings for it in the BIOS.
     
    mr_bots, Jan 14, 2007
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  4. jhu

    jhu Notebook Geek

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    Fn + F10 is the key combo
     
    jhu, Jan 14, 2007
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