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Today my ADSL was down, so I was using Bluetooth to connect to my phone for extended periods. Twice the connection Bluetooth connection just dropped, and no Bluetooth icon was found in the tray. Neither was any Bluetooth device present in Device Manager. I reinstalled the Bluetooth software from the Dell CD that came with the machine, and it worked for a few hours more, then down, again. Restartng the machine doesn't help, nor does killing the BTTray.exe process and starting it again.
Any ideas anyome?
I'm running Windows 7 Home Premium
Yes, it is still under warranty, I would just like to avoid taking it in and being without it for any time if possible. – ProfK – 2010-10-05T14:58:48.660
Have you done everything else I described? – harrymc – 2010-10-05T15:25:49.567
Yes @harrymc, I found the latest BT driver package on my machine, it had recently come down via a Windows update. I tried a manual install of the driver as well, to no effect. I still lose the BT connection at random times and need to restart. – ProfK – 2010-10-22T04:26:00.263
Have you tried with multiple bluetooth devices? Like a headset or mouse/keyboard? It could be related to the specific device you're connecting with. – Adam – 2010-10-22T04:35:41.083
@ProfKaos: I edited in some interesting advice I found. – harrymc – 2010-10-22T06:12:00.303
@Harry, I only have the one BT device, my phone, which I do actually also suspect, but I've never known Nokia to give problems in this area. It is however a lower end phone, so maybe. – ProfK – 2010-10-23T05:32:30.527
I last used BT 6 months ago and my BT icon is still in the tray. I wonder if the icon is set to always show or only when notifications? – harrymc – 2010-10-23T07:59:42.097
@harrymc, it's set to to always show. I've checked that multiple times. I'm going to borrow a phone and compare the robustness of the link with that phone. Otherwise I must suspect my laptop's actual BT hardware. – ProfK – 2010-10-27T12:53:45.800