Bluetooth on X61s.

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mcmanaman · #1 Post by **mcmanaman** » Mon Apr 14, 2008 4:08 am

My bluetooth is not showing when I press (Fn + F5) although I installed all the software and drivers concerning the bluetooth.

#2 Post by **Harryc** » Mon Apr 14, 2008 6:49 am

Is the wireless switch in the on position? (Front of machine, lower case)

urizen · #3 Post by **urizen** » Mon Apr 14, 2008 8:09 am

My X60 has also developed this symptom since a while back. Sometimes I have got it to work for a while, by first booting into Rescue & Recovery. But after a few suspend/resume windows might report that it failed to load drivers for an unknown usb-device (obviously my bluetooth hw) and eventually the bluetooth hw does not show up anywhere, not even in the device manager.

It seems to be a hardware failure, but sending the laptop off to service is really not an option. I'm considering buying an external BT-dongle instead. But it would be interesting to know if there is another way to fix it.

urizen · #4 Post by **urizen** » Mon Apr 14, 2008 8:22 am

I just realized; does your bluetooth actually work, eventhough it does not show up when pressing Fn-F5? Because mine does not...

mcmanaman · #5 Post by **mcmanaman** » Mon Apr 14, 2008 3:38 pm

Yes the wireless and bluetooth switch is turned on, but maybe I didn't installed the required software, please give me a list of software and drivers needed to turn on or off the bluetooth in order for vista to recognize it. Before my last format it was working but I turned it off for battery consumption issues and after that I formatted my computer and now windows is unable to find bluetooth because it is turned off, I must turn it on first but it won't show up in the Fn + F5. Only WI FI shows up.

#6 Post by **Harryc** » Mon Apr 14, 2008 3:52 pm

Is it enabled in BIOS and does bluetooth (or some unknown device) show up in device manager?

mcmanaman · #7 Post by **mcmanaman** » Mon Apr 14, 2008 4:00 pm

Yes an unknown device shows up in the device manager, but I can't find bluetooth options in the BIOS, how can I enable it from the BIOS??

mcmanaman · #8 Post by **mcmanaman** » Mon Apr 14, 2008 4:11 pm

Hooray!! It worked, the unknown device appeared to be ThinkPad PM, after windows recognized it, bluetooth appeared in the Fn + F5 menu.

#9 Post by **ryengineer** » Mon Apr 14, 2008 9:14 pm

I hope next time you don't dump lenovo applications thinking them nothing more than "bloatware".

Bluetooth on X61s.

Bluetooth on X61s.

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