T42 Bluetooth driver Windows 7

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T42 Bluetooth driver Windows 7

#1 Post by DaMaN » Mon Mar 14, 2011 9:22 pm

Hello all,

Just picked up a T42 from a forum member, did a fresh install of W7 and can't seem to get the Bluetooth driver for it. Can anybody point me in the right direction? Tried the Lenovo site and Windows update to no avail.

Thanks in advance,


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Re: T42 Bluetooth driver Windows 7

#2 Post by ajkula66 » Mon Mar 14, 2011 9:28 pm

Have you tried running the Windows Update?
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#3 Post by DaMaN » Mon Mar 14, 2011 9:39 pm

ajkula66 wrote:Have you tried running the Windows Update?
Yes and it does not recognize it. I only have that sole unresolved device in device manager.
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Re: T42 Bluetooth driver Windows 7

#4 Post by ajkula66 » Mon Mar 14, 2011 9:44 pm

Try the XP driver and see whether it will fly, have no other ideas at the moment...

http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site. ... MIGR-50245

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Re: T42 Bluetooth driver Windows 7

#5 Post by DaMaN » Mon Mar 14, 2011 10:46 pm

ajkula66 wrote:Try the XP driver and see whether it will fly, have no other ideas at the moment...

http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site. ... MIGR-50245

Good luck.
No luck with that suggestion, thanks for your help.
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Re: T42 Bluetooth driver Windows 7

#6 Post by GomJabbar » Tue Mar 15, 2011 5:36 am

I played with this awhile back and was having only a little success.

However I was able to install Nokia Ovi Suite which installed the necessary bluetooth drivers to access my Nokia cell phone. Not sure how useful this would be for other bluetooth features and profiles.

Note with the Hotkey utility driver from Lenovo, you can press Fn + F5 to access the dialog to turn the bluetooth radio on. IIRC, after the bluetooth radio is on, Microsoft should install some basic bluetooth drivers from the internet. You might have to go to Windows update, but I don't think so.

http://www.nokiausa.com/get-support-and ... d-download
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Re: T42 Bluetooth driver Windows 7

#7 Post by DaMaN » Tue Mar 15, 2011 8:43 pm

Thanks GomJabber, the "Fn + F5" did the trick for my bluetooth issue, thank you very much!
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Re: T42 Bluetooth driver Windows 7

#8 Post by GomJabbar » Tue Mar 15, 2011 9:17 pm

I'm glad I was able to help. :)
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Re: T42 Bluetooth driver Windows 7

#9 Post by alpha88 » Mon Mar 28, 2011 3:05 pm

Oh… Nice one, pressing function + F5 also did worked for me. I think it’s a general hotkey for these kind of computers is it?

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