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turning on bluetooth

post #1 of 4
5/3/09 at 9:43pm
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how do i turn on bluetooth? there is no icon to turn it on. i do have the ability to turn it on. i did it before.
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post #2 of 4
5/4/09 at 1:11pm
You can turn it on with fn-f2 provided you have the correct drivers installed for your onboard bluetooth module. There used to be a great thread stickied to the top of the old Dell 17" forum before they made all of the changes around here, describing procedures and which drivers to use. Then the consensus was using the Widcomm drivers were superior to the Toshiba stack provided by Dell. Here's the thread. Of course you don't list what OS you're running or what machine you own making this rather difficult to diagnose.

I hope this helps.
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post #3 of 4
5/4/09 at 4:20pm
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sorry. windows vista home premnium.
also, the "fn-f2" function: it turns off and on the wi-fi. i see an icon where it shows an x then not in the lower-right hand corner of my screen (when i press it); but on my computer, only the wi-fi light goes on and off.
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post #4 of 4
5/6/09 at 6:14pm
"Fn-F2" turns on-off all radio transmission, both wi-fi and bluetooth. The bluetooth light may or may not come on depending upon which drivers you're using. Did you check out the thread I linked above? There are answers to Vista included as well as in the external forum that is linked within the body of that thread. If you're using the Microsoft drivers, I don't believe they turn on-off the bluetooth indicator light (they don't in XP). So read the thread (yes, I know it's long) but I'm sure you'll find it helpful.

I hope this helps,
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