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Posted by ah on May 21, 2008, 3:36 pm
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>> What USb device do you have connected onto the laptop? Built-in
Bluetooth do not normally use a USB port. <<
No USB device is connected to my laptop, this is why I call this device a
ghost.
>> Bluetooth does not connect to / use WiFi since WiFi is Wireless
Ethernet neowkring (802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g and 802.11n.) <<
I know. BTW my WiFi problem has been solved by Paul G Tobey in the thread
How to reinstall Bluetooth radio.
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ah
> >> Several other laptops have a switch (physcally on the laptop, Fn key
>
> combo or in the BIOS) which turns off WiFi radio and Bluetooth radio.
> The reason the Bluetooth radio wa greyed out is that Windows XP is not
> finding the radio "connected" to your laptop. <<
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> Mine (Sony Vaio T VGN-T270P) has none but I disabled WiFi in the control
> panel and re-enabled it and now the networks all appear on the window but
> still my computer refuses to connect to mine.
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> Right now there is no radio connected to my laptop and Bluetooth radio is
> not greyed.
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> I still have this nagging message that a USB Bluetooth device is
> malfunctioning.
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> ah
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> > >> WiFI is not Bluetooth. WiFi is Ethernet wireless 802.11a, 11b, 11g
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> > and 11n. <<
> > I know this. Thanks. But this WiFi failure may be linked, I think, to
> > the
> > problems I am experiencing with a USB Bluetooth device malfunctioning.
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> > --
> > ah
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> > > >> How did you suppressed it? <<
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> > > I went in the device manager and made appear the hidden devices (KB
> > > 315539)
> > > and, as the Bluetooth
> > > radio was greyish, I thought that I could suppress it. I deleted it .
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> > > >> Does it show up in Device Manager? <<
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> > > No it did not after I had suppressed it but I just reinstalled it. So
> > > this
> > > is fine except that I still don't have WiFi working.
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> > > ah
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> > > > How did you suppressed it? Does it show up in Device Manager?
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> > > >>that I have suppressed by mistake.- Hide quoted text -
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> > WiFI is not Bluetooth. WiFi is Ethernet wireless 802.11a, 11b, 11g
> > and 11n.- Hide quoted text -
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> > - Show quoted text -
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> Several other laptops have a switch (physcally on the laptop, Fn key
> combo or in the BIOS) which turns off WiFi radio and Bluetooth radio.
> The reason the Bluetooth radio wa greyed out is that Windows XP is not
> finding the radio "connected" to your laptop.- Hide quoted text -
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> - Show quoted text -
What USb device do you have connected onto the laptop? Built-in
Bluetooth do not normally use a USB port.
Bluetooth does not connect to / use WiFi since WiFi is Wireless
Ethernet neowkring (802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g and 802.11n.)
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