windows 7 Bluetooth

[paracelsus]

Hi! I installed the Windows 7 to my SL400. In the device manager, I found an undefined harware. I think it is the bluetooth, because when I open the Access Connection the wifi is working but the bluetooth isn't in this menu (when I used Vista the menu containe two elements, the first was the wifi and the second was the bluetooth). I tried to install the driver and software which is on the lenovo driver page but it the installation progress is brake and I got a message that device not found. Please help me! What can I do that the bluetooth will be correct.

Thx 4 your replies!!!!!

[Harryc]

Does bluetooth show up in device manager and if you hit Fn-F5 on your keyboard?

[amue]

Hello,

Your Bluetooth device is probably disabled by hardware; you can try enabling it with tpfancontrol (easily findable via google). Windows should then recognise the device and start installing the necessary drivers.

Regards,
amue

[Harryc]

Now there's an interesting suggestion. I have used Tpfancontrol a few times, but I don't recall seeing anything to do with bluetooth in the tool. Fill me in please ..

[amue]

Simply right-click on the systray icon, the pop-up context menu contains the entry "Bluetooth". It also allows you to enable or disable the ThinkLight.

[sojourner]

Simply right-click on the systray icon, the pop-up context menu contains the entry "Bluetooth". It also allows you to enable or disable the ThinkLight.

tpFANcontrol systray icon? provides BT and Thinklight control? I'm with HarryC ... please fill me in! A link to the software would be nice too!

To answer the OP, have you looked in the DEVICE MANAGER? Are there any devices with a red X or yellow . If so I'd uninstall them then reboot (you can have Windows redetect devices but I prefer a fresh boot). Windows SHOULD redetect your BT adapter and either install software or prompt for software. BTW, is the BT LED on? If so the adapter is functioning and you have a likely have software issue, not a device issue.

Lastly, the software you tried to install may not work because Windows has not detected and installed the BT device. W7 has to be able to detect the device before any software will work properly, some software won't even install unless the device is properly detected and drivers installed and working. Thus you have to delete errant devices. And be careful and avoid software conflicts. MS detects BT just fine on my T and X systems, no other software is necessary. And installing other software could cause conflicts making BT inoperable!

[amue]

tpFANcontrol systray icon? provides BT and Thinklight control? I'm with HarryC ... please fill me in! A link to the software would be nice too!

Hello,

I am using the latest version 0.61 of tpfancontrol. You can download it from the author's website: http://www.staff.uni-marburg.de/~schmitzr/donate.html.
I also made a screenshot which shows the options I was talking about:


Regards,
amue

[sojourner]

amue, nice screenshot and thanks for providing it! Seems as though tpfancontrol has come a way since I last used it (I use NHC even in W7 ... works good basically but has some bugs as I've note in another post). Without us hijacking the thread, can you elaborate a little more on exactly what functions the BT and Thinklight options provide? Are they both simply ON/OFF switches? And BTW, didn't see a BT icon in your systray; do you have BT installed?

[amue]

Are they both simply ON/OFF switches?

Yes, they both function as on/off switches, with the Thinklight it is as if you pressed the Fn+PgUp Key. When clicking on Bluetooth, it will disable/enable the BT device by hardware, i. e. if you disable it, the device will not exist for windows.

And BTW, didn't see a BT icon in your systray; do you have BT installed?

I have BT installed, but I have configured my taskbar as to not always display the BT icon.

[sojourner]

Are they both simply ON/OFF switches?

Yes, they both function as on/off switches, with the Thinklight it is as if you pressed the Fn+PgUp Key. When clicking on Bluetooth, it will disable/enable the BT device by hardware, i. e. if you disable it, the device will not exist for windows.

And BTW, didn't see a BT icon in your systray; do you have BT installed?

I have BT installed, but I have configured my taskbar as to not always display the BT icon.

Ahh, interesting modifications to tpfancontrol. May look into it, but it would be hard to move from NHC and the voltage control options!!

Well, hope somewhere in this we'll be able to help paracelsus sort out the BT issues on his lappie ... surely there are enough of us who have it working on our systems!

Welcome to the forum amue

[sjthinkpader]

I have a BMDC200 in a X40. Fn+F5 enabling hardware will lite the BT LED but it will not load a correct driver. The old XP driver does not work. Any solutions?