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    Bluetooth dell studio 1537

    Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by jtn95, Jan 31, 2009.

  1. jtn95

    jtn95 Newbie

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    does anyone know how to turn it on or activate it? i dowloaded the drivers and all that and still it wont work. if you made it work can you direct me?
     
    jtn95, Jan 31, 2009
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  2. Lee Howley

    Lee Howley Notebook Consultant

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    Right click on my computer (computer in vista) and go to properties. Next choose device manager, and make sure the bluetooth adapter actually shows up in the list. Probably under serial bus controllers or net work adapters. If its there, and shows up as working, you may then want to check in your control panel to make sure Vista knows to turn it on and use it. If bluetooth is set up correctly then go back to the device manager and uninstall it. Then scan for hardware change and it should show up again but with out drivers. Try letting vista/xp find the drivers if it can't then reinstall the ones you had downloaded.

    BTW if it doesn't show up in the device manager lists, you either don't have a blue tooth module, or its broken. Either way it will take a call to dell to fix.
     
    Lee Howley, Feb 1, 2009
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