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    FL91 Bluetooth problem

    Discussion in 'Other Manufacturers' started by dortyuz, Jun 11, 2008.

  1. dortyuz

    dortyuz Newbie

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    Hi,

    I have a company-issued FL91 with XP SP2. I managed to get everything up and running except the Bluetooth device. I already checked under the hood, the bluetooth device is physically there, but windows does not see it.

    Does anyone have any recommendations? (re-installing XP is impossible, our IT department will burn me)

    Cheers,

    dortyuz
     
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  2. Morthal

    Morthal Notebook Guru

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    Have you turned on hardware switch and software switch (WSS) before installing?
     
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  3. grbac

    grbac Notebook Deity

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    ^^^Assuming you did install bluetooth drivers.
     
    grbac, Jun 11, 2008
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  4. dortyuz

    dortyuz Newbie

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    yes and yes, I installed the drivers but no device is found.
     
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  5. Justin@XoticPC

    Justin@XoticPC Company Representative

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    Did you inspect the connection from the laptop to the BT adapter? (Ensuring the bluetooth is wired to the system?)
     
    Justin@XoticPC, Jun 11, 2008
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  6. Wirelessman

    Wirelessman Monkeymod

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    Where are you expecting it to show?

    My device manager doesn't see it neither, but I can see the blue light in the front of the laptop and you can also see it in the icon on the notification bar. You could also test it using a cellphone and try to get discover by the laptop and viceversa.
     
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    dortyuz Newbie

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    yes, I checked it, also disconnected and re-connected the cable, but no improvement.
     
    dortyuz, Jun 12, 2008
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    dortyuz Newbie

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    The bluetooth control panel shows no device in the properties field, also you can see the error message when I'm trying to add another device.

    cheers,

    dortyuz
     

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  9. Morthal

    Morthal Notebook Guru

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    Are you really sure that in "Wireless Select Switch" it's turned on?
     
    Morthal, Jun 12, 2008
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  10. dortyuz

    dortyuz Newbie

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    well it seems that the only thing I did not install was the "wireless select switch" software. now it works perfectly, thanks to all of you :)
     
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  11. Morthal

    Morthal Notebook Guru

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    Yep, I knew it, in 99% of cases it's Wireless Select Switch ;)
     
    Morthal, Jun 12, 2008
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