Bluetooth device not found on Dell laptop

If you are sure you have a built-in bluetooth device on your Dell laptop, but you cannot find it in control panel or device manager, then try these steps:
  • Determine bluetooth device type using the Dell device locator
    or
    Go to http://support.dell.com and type in the search bar: "Find Out Which Bluetooth Adapter Is in Your Dell Computer"
    or
    Go to the webtool "system configuration tool" directly: system configuration tool
    In all cases, use the service tag that can be found on the bottom of the laptop
  • Search for "bluetooth" on the page that the SCT returns, it should have code beside it, i.e. "370"
  • Go to http://support.dell.com and type in the search bar: "bluetooth 370"
  • The results page contains drivers for bluetooth for various Windows OS'es:
    - Look for "Dell Wireless 370 Bluetooth Minicard, v.XXX" and search for the most recent version XXX.
    - Make sure "Win 7" is in the description, if the driver is needed for Windows 7.
  • Download and install the driver.
Notes:
  • The SCT only works from Internet Explorer 5.5+
  • And only from the 32 bits version of Internet Explorer. Make sure you don't use the 64 bits one.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

it still does not woork. i'm able to send files from my laptop but cant recieve any. the bluetooth manager says "activate bluetooth using Fn+F11 or the radio ON/OFF switch"