What's up with Dell's Bluetooth drivers? - Page 4

need some help please

i've got my dell resource cd and i want to instal the drivers after a reformat
the resource cd has a tick next to "Dell Truemobile 300 Bluetooth Internal Card Rev: A05"
then under it but NOT ticked is Dell wireless 350 bluetooth internal module Rev:A10-RCD

i know that i have bt350 on my computer cause thats what i ordered, but am confused which on to instal or if i have to instal both???

one says "...module" and the other says "...card"

can someone please tell me which one i should be using???

What does the Device Manager report it as?

It may show up in the Device Manager under Bluetooth devices or under Universal Serial Bus controllers

Current Dell Driver WebSite Link

For the past year, Dell's have been shipping with TM350 internal module's for Bluetooth,
they have also been shipping without 'Resource CD's.

Stack/Driver or not, BIOS should ID the Bluetooth for you on Setup. Looking on the old 'Resource CD' that shipped with this D800 (Sept.'04),
it lists "Dell TrueMobile 300 Bluetooth Internal 'Card' Rev A05" and Rev A07 is on my download site.
They look identical (and plug to same cable) but Dell refers to the TM300 as a "card" and the TM350 as a "module"
Following a Format/Reinstall it is usually best to visit Dell Notebook Product Support WebSite {click here}

The Drivers and Utilities on your Resource CD may be out-of-date with the current versions.

You should check your Dell Reinstall Guide, but you usually need to begin by installing Chipset's (up to three of them)
and Dell put the latest revisions on the WebSite last month. They are important for proper install of other Drivers.

Dell Notebook System Software is also important for USB Devices (like Bluetooth).

TM300 modules were used on previous generation (to Dx10, i6k, etc.) and Dell supplies Widcomm Stack/Drivers on its WebSite for those.

Dell has licensed their TM350 Bluetooth to use (and supplies) Toshiba Stack/Drivers and again there are recent versions of those on their WebSite.
The most recent also includes a Firmware Flash for the TM350 and it is critical to perform that completely,
some in here recommend extracting and flashing independently from the Stack/Driver install.

If your WinXP(SP2) sees a Bluetooth on your system w/o a Stack/Driver, it will install its own MS Stack automatically.

The 'got-cha' on the MS Stack (although a lot of users have good service with it) is that it cannot be uninstalled in CP;
Add/Remove and No Other Stack can 'see' a Bluetooth that already has a Stack on it.

At the beginning of this Thread you should find a lot of information on the
method of removing and blocking the MS Stack, should you choose to use a non-MS Stack.

thanks

what i did in the end is upong fresh reformat
i loaded chipset,audio and wifi card (2200bg wifi)
then went to dell site and got the rest including the latest bluetooth which as you said actually updated firmware and all that
so i'm all good now.
I've made a backup of the updated drivers and have made a disk image of my new fresh instal thats all up and running and purring perfectly as i want. (and the disk image backed up on of course a blank dvd at this stage)

i just disable the bluetooth is the easiest way

Whenever windows starts back up, it automatically installs. All I see is the hardward found icon on the taskbar and it is automatically installs the truemobile 350 and the microsoft enumerator.

how can I make it where I cancel the hardware installation?

Please read the first page carefully.

Again, can anyone customize mx900 ? Please help me guys

i renamed the files in the inf folder and it still loads without prompt at all. it's automatic. btw, i'm on xp media center edition, would that make a difference?

I'm missing one thing

First off, let me say "Thanks" to all of you for helping make this thread very useful.

Here's the item I would like some help with, please. After an otherwise flawless installation of the Widcomm BT driver, I find that the BT icon that appears in the windoze system tray area has no menu item(s) to allow me to turn the radio OFF (or ON).

What did I miss?

Thanks!

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My BT module is acting up, I bought it along w/ my XPS 2, after a few formats now the PC doesn't even detect the module. I might have to call dell and see wat's up.

My install got weird...I followed the directions and the Logitech software wouldnt recognize the MX900 mouse I have no matter how many times I tried the process, and the buttons by the wheel didnt work either. So I just assumed that it wouldnt work and removed the logitech software and just ran the bluetooth drivers linked in this thread. Funny thing is once I got rid of the logitech software, now the scroll down buttons above and below the wheel work. So, I guess just the bluetooth drivers linked in this thread are enough to get everything to work? Good enough for me, but who knows how my computer is doing this now.

I installed everything. I didn't order my M170 with bluetooth but did this after the fact. I don't know how many people use bluetooth as I do but I simply took the bluetooth manager out of startup and just call it up when I need it. I only use bluetooth when I am doing something on my phone or using a travel mouse away from homebase. I have not had any issues with anything using it this way.

Anyone knows if there are any new modded drivers out? And the link?

When pairing by tm350, all buttons except task switching work, and setpoint refuses to recognize it. I tried many times, many widcomm versions, many setpoint versions, all in vain . I will reverse-engineer it somedays (very busy these months). Anyway, all basic mouse buttons should work, with or without setpoint (tried on mine). Your problem maybe old version

Newest bluetooth is 5.0.1.1400 on gsmhostings.com. But 1200 and 1400 seem to have stability problem, my mx900 often lost connection for no reason. I'm using 5.0.1.802, no problem so far.

How can I uninstall all traces of my Toshiba bluetooth drivers and try this guide on page 1? I dont like all the processes it adds. I have the Logitech V270 BT mouse. What would be the best drivers for me to use? Thank you!

hi, i just installed the BT card in my m140 - does the bluetooth light suppose to stay on all the time ?

I believe it is, you can turn it off if you have the Dell drivers installed by hitting Fn-F2, which cycles between turning off wireless devices and such.

i can turn it on/off after I installed the driver.. and disable BT autostartup..

i need to look into this issue, i like my laptop as streamline as possible

Thanks for a great guide. I have finally gotten my MX900BT working with setpoint drivers working on a dell 9300 with internal BT350. I spent alot of time tring to get these to work and it wasn't until I used setpoint 1.02 that it worked. My mouse shipped with setpoint 1.05a on CD and this, for some reason wouldn't work. Newer versions of setpoint wouldn't load fully as there was a touchpad installed.
The mouse does seem alot faster and smoother with this setup compared to the toshiba stack and generic drivers.
For those wanting to turn BT off you can do this by right clicking the BT tray icon, select advanced config, then hardware tab, select your BT device and click disable. Re-enable by doing the same except click set preferred. Fn-F2 will still disable the BT but also wireless if you have it installed.
Hope this helps.