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Broadcom Bluetooth Problem with Vista
I just did a new install of Windows Ultimate on an Acer Travelmate C111 with
built in Bluetooth. The Bluetooth worked fine before with XP Tablet but the hardware does not even show up under Vista. Everything else is great, I do have the AC97 soft modem, which shows up under other devices as a PCI modem, but that is the only unknown HW it finds. So my question is what now? I have the bluetooth on from boot up like always so I know it is on but Vista does not even recognize it as unknown hardware. I am wondering if there is an issue with a bus driver or something that would be shielding it from detection. Any help would be must appreciated. Without Bluetooth it is a no go for what I need to do. Thanks Clay |
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Broadcom Bluetooth Problem with Vista
I had found this and tried it but since Vista does not even detect the
hardware this install fails becasue it does not see the bluetooth hardware. That is the wierd part, that it is not just a matter of getting the driver, somehow it is not even detecting the hardware that it did under XP. That is why I am wondering if it is tied to something else and if I updated a driver for the USB or something that it would then see the BT hardware but I am not sure what. I may have to go back to XP and document better and try again, but what a pain. "mikeyhsd" wrote: do not know if this will help, from another poster. Just a quick note... If anyone has a Bluetooth dongle based on the Widcomm (Broadcom) chip, they have taken pit on all us Vista users (even X64) and released a working driver for us all! You can find it at http://www.broadcom.com/products/bluetooth_update.php "Clay Fox" Clay wrote in message ... I just did a new install of Windows Ultimate on an Acer Travelmate C111 with built in Bluetooth. The Bluetooth worked fine before with XP Tablet but the hardware does not even show up under Vista. Everything else is great, I do have the AC97 soft modem, which shows up under other devices as a PCI modem, but that is the only unknown HW it finds. So my question is what now? I have the bluetooth on from boot up like always so I know it is on but Vista does not even recognize it as unknown hardware. I am wondering if there is an issue with a bus driver or something that would be shielding it from detection. Any help would be must appreciated. Without Bluetooth it is a no go for what I need to do. Thanks Clay |
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Broadcom Bluetooth Problem with Vista
did you install/activate the Mobile Device Center.
no idea if it will help. but it seems to be needed. "Clay Fox" wrote in message ... I had found this and tried it but since Vista does not even detect the hardware this install fails becasue it does not see the bluetooth hardware. That is the wierd part, that it is not just a matter of getting the driver, somehow it is not even detecting the hardware that it did under XP. That is why I am wondering if it is tied to something else and if I updated a driver for the USB or something that it would then see the BT hardware but I am not sure what. I may have to go back to XP and document better and try again, but what a pain. "mikeyhsd" wrote: do not know if this will help, from another poster. Just a quick note... If anyone has a Bluetooth dongle based on the Widcomm (Broadcom) chip, they have taken pit on all us Vista users (even X64) and released a working driver for us all! You can find it at http://www.broadcom.com/products/bluetooth_update.php "Clay Fox" Clay wrote in message ... I just did a new install of Windows Ultimate on an Acer Travelmate C111 with built in Bluetooth. The Bluetooth worked fine before with XP Tablet but the hardware does not even show up under Vista. Everything else is great, I do have the AC97 soft modem, which shows up under other devices as a PCI modem, but that is the only unknown HW it finds. So my question is what now? I have the bluetooth on from boot up like always so I know it is on but Vista does not even recognize it as unknown hardware. I am wondering if there is an issue with a bus driver or something that would be shielding it from detection. Any help would be must appreciated. Without Bluetooth it is a no go for what I need to do. Thanks Clay |
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Broadcom Bluetooth Problem with Vista
Installed
Synced with a Windows Mobile Device but no change in Bluetooth detection Where can I go from here? "mikeyhsd" wrote: did you install/activate the Mobile Device Center. no idea if it will help. but it seems to be needed. "Clay Fox" wrote in message ... I had found this and tried it but since Vista does not even detect the hardware this install fails becasue it does not see the bluetooth hardware. That is the wierd part, that it is not just a matter of getting the driver, somehow it is not even detecting the hardware that it did under XP. That is why I am wondering if it is tied to something else and if I updated a driver for the USB or something that it would then see the BT hardware but I am not sure what. I may have to go back to XP and document better and try again, but what a pain. "mikeyhsd" wrote: do not know if this will help, from another poster. Just a quick note... If anyone has a Bluetooth dongle based on the Widcomm (Broadcom) chip, they have taken pit on all us Vista users (even X64) and released a working driver for us all! You can find it at http://www.broadcom.com/products/bluetooth_update.php "Clay Fox" Clay wrote in message ... I just did a new install of Windows Ultimate on an Acer Travelmate C111 with built in Bluetooth. The Bluetooth worked fine before with XP Tablet but the hardware does not even show up under Vista. Everything else is great, I do have the AC97 soft modem, which shows up under other devices as a PCI modem, but that is the only unknown HW it finds. So my question is what now? I have the bluetooth on from boot up like always so I know it is on but Vista does not even recognize it as unknown hardware. I am wondering if there is an issue with a bus driver or something that would be shielding it from detection. Any help would be must appreciated. Without Bluetooth it is a no go for what I need to do. Thanks Clay |
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Broadcom Bluetooth Problem with Vista
Thanks I was waiting for that and it works great.
Mike Bernstein "mikeyhsd" wrote in message ... do not know if this will help, from another poster. Just a quick note... If anyone has a Bluetooth dongle based on the Widcomm (Broadcom) chip, they have taken pit on all us Vista users (even X64) and released a working driver for us all! You can find it at http://www.broadcom.com/products/bluetooth_update.php "Clay Fox" Clay wrote in message ... I just did a new install of Windows Ultimate on an Acer Travelmate C111 with built in Bluetooth. The Bluetooth worked fine before with XP Tablet but the hardware does not even show up under Vista. Everything else is great, I do have the AC97 soft modem, which shows up under other devices as a PCI modem, but that is the only unknown HW it finds. So my question is what now? I have the bluetooth on from boot up like always so I know it is on but Vista does not even recognize it as unknown hardware. I am wondering if there is an issue with a bus driver or something that would be shielding it from detection. Any help would be must appreciated. Without Bluetooth it is a no go for what I need to do. Thanks Clay |
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Broadcom Bluetooth Problem with Vista
so no idea, you might search news group for other references to Bluetooth.
"Clay Fox" wrote in message ... Installed Synced with a Windows Mobile Device but no change in Bluetooth detection Where can I go from here? "mikeyhsd" wrote: did you install/activate the Mobile Device Center. no idea if it will help. but it seems to be needed. "Clay Fox" wrote in message ... I had found this and tried it but since Vista does not even detect the hardware this install fails becasue it does not see the bluetooth hardware. That is the wierd part, that it is not just a matter of getting the driver, somehow it is not even detecting the hardware that it did under XP. That is why I am wondering if it is tied to something else and if I updated a driver for the USB or something that it would then see the BT hardware but I am not sure what. I may have to go back to XP and document better and try again, but what a pain. "mikeyhsd" wrote: do not know if this will help, from another poster. Just a quick note... If anyone has a Bluetooth dongle based on the Widcomm (Broadcom) chip, they have taken pit on all us Vista users (even X64) and released a working driver for us all! You can find it at http://www.broadcom.com/products/bluetooth_update.php "Clay Fox" Clay wrote in message ... I just did a new install of Windows Ultimate on an Acer Travelmate C111 with built in Bluetooth. The Bluetooth worked fine before with XP Tablet but the hardware does not even show up under Vista. Everything else is great, I do have the AC97 soft modem, which shows up under other devices as a PCI modem, but that is the only unknown HW it finds. So my question is what now? I have the bluetooth on from boot up like always so I know it is on but Vista does not even recognize it as unknown hardware. I am wondering if there is an issue with a bus driver or something that would be shielding it from detection. Any help would be must appreciated. Without Bluetooth it is a no go for what I need to do. Thanks Clay |
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Broadcom Bluetooth Problem with Vista
Did you check the HP website to see if VISTA versions of operating
files are available? That can be a major problem with laptops whether putting VISTA on one with an earlier Windows or the other way round. |
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Bluetooth
As you have an ACER computer, try to install Acer Empowering Technology and Acer ePower Management.
Just enable bluetooth in the ePower Management \ It works great fo me under Vista Business. EggHeadCafe.com - .NET Developer Portal of Choice http://www.eggheadcafe.com |