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December 17th, 2009 10:00

Bluetooth will not work on windows 7 ultimate studio 1645

I had this problem for awhile it worked on vista but I installed a fresh copy of windows 7 ultimate 64bit around october but the Bluetooth just wont show up.Its turned on in the bios so I know its there but windows just wont detect the device and ontop of that I can't install it with the dell drivers because I have to be able to turn it on with fn+f2 in the setup

i'm I suppose to do? I can't go back to vista because this is my main OS and thats vista home prem 64bit.



* I need bluetooth for teathering my phone to my pc when theirs no wifi around so any solutions yet? 

btw the bluetooth device wont even show in hardware on the setup tab in windows device manager or new hardware

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    Posted December 17th, 2009 22:00

     

    no one has a solution I thought it was a common problem

  • TheRealFireblad

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    Posted December 18th, 2009 10:00

     

    I thought it was a common problem

     

    If it's as common as you seem to think, I assume there must be other threads/posts on the subject?

    What suggestions are offered in those?

     

    Did you check for any potential problems using Dell's 'Upgrading from Windows Vista to Windows 7 Using the Dell Upgrade Assistant', before upgrading to Windows 7?

    Have you tried reinstalling/updating the Windows 7 64bit drivers for the particular bluetooth card (listed under 'Network') in your Studio [XPS] 1645?

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    Posted December 18th, 2009 11:00

    examples:http://en.community.dell.com/forums/t/19303880.aspx
    http://en.community.dell.com/forums/p/19309326/19607549.aspx#19607549

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    'm starting to think dell just didn't put it in...I hav'nt actually used the device when I was on vista just saw the icon on the start menu but doesn't it automatically come with it all the studio xps series

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    Posted December 18th, 2009 11:00

    I cant find any recent posts but their are a bunch in the past like 2-3 months but theirs no solutions in them it works for some and others it does'nt

    and I can't reinstall it if I cant turn on the Bluetooth adapter on windows I tried the vista 64bit and the win 7 drivers (but their the same thing) and its not listed under networks. My bios has it enabled but its just not working