Microsoft Bluetooth software?

[Deoxy]

I've got a couple of bluetooth devices I want to connect to my pc, and only Microsoft bluetooth stack is supported. I used to have the blue bt icon before I formatted a while ago but it's not here anymore and I have no idea how to reinstall the software.

If specs are needed: Win7 64, asrock extreme4 z77

 

[txus.palacios]

I guess your computer has Bluetooth.

Then, look at Hardware and Devices (not sure though, and I'm with Linux right now...) for a Bluetooth icon. Then around that Bluetooth icon look for an Advanced Settings or so. You'll find an option to enable the icon again.

 

[Deoxy]

There is no indication of bluetooth anywhere on the control panel or pc in general.

 

[txus.palacios]

Then, Applejack, how are you supposed to use Bluetooth, if you don't have a Bluetooth dongle?

 

[Deoxy]

Ah're you sayin' mah mouth's making promises mah leg's can't keep?

...I mean, it was present pre-format, meaning an integrated one should be present.

 

[txus.palacios]

I see what you did there.
For kicks and giggles, drop a Ubuntu live disc, open a Terminal, and upload the output of lsusb and lspci to pastebin.com.

 

[medo145]

when you reinstalled, did you install your chipset drivers?

 

[Deoxy]

I see what you did there.
For kicks and giggles, drop a Ubuntu live disc, open a Terminal, and upload the output of lsusb and lspci to pastebin.com.

What will that do exactly? My other pc runs Ubuntu, can't I use that?

 

[Deoxy]

when you reinstalled, did you install your chipset drivers?

Yeah I did

 

[txus.palacios]

That will list all the PCI devices (lspci, list PCI) and all the USB devices (lsusb, list USB) detected by the kernel, whether they're working / have a module loaded or not.

That will successfully tell us if you have a Bluetooth device or not, and if you have it, which one, so we can hunt a driver for you.

Obviously, for that to work, you must use the computer where you want to find that Bluetooth device.

This is a sample output, from my computer.

$ lsusb

Bus 001 Device 002: ID 045e:0291 Microsoft Corp. Xbox 360 Wireless Receiver for Windows
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 0951:1656 Kingston Technology
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 004 Device 002: ID 076b:3021 OmniKey AG CardMan 3121
Bus 005 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 037: ID 04e8:681c Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd Galaxy Portal/Spica/S
Bus 005 Device 003: ID 1038:1360 Ideazon, Inc.
Bus 005 Device 004: ID 04b4:0101 Cypress Semiconductor Corp. Keyboard/Hub
Bus 005 Device 005: ID 0cf3:3002 Atheros Communications, Inc. AR3011 Bluetooth

$ lspci

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family DRAM Controller (rev 09)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200/2nd Generation Core Processor Family PCI Express Root Port (rev 09)
00:01.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200/2nd Generation Core Processor Family PCI Express Root Port (rev 09)
00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family USB xHCI Host Controller (rev 04)
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family MEI Controller #1 (rev 04)
00:19.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82579V Gigabit Network Connection (rev 04)
00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #2 (rev 04)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family High Definition Audio Controller (rev 04)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev c4)
00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 5 (rev c4)
00:1c.6 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 7 (rev c4)
00:1c.7 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 8 (rev c4)
00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #1 (rev 04)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Z77 Express Chipset LPC Controller (rev 04)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family 6-port SATA Controller [AHCI mode] (rev 04)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family SMBus Controller (rev 04)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GF100 [GeForce GTX 470] (rev a3)
01:00.1 Audio device: NVIDIA Corporation GF100 High Definition Audio Controller (rev a1)
02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GF100 [GeForce GTX 470] (rev a3)
02:00.1 Audio device: NVIDIA Corporation GF100 High Definition Audio Controller (rev a1)
04:00.0 USB controller: ASMedia Technology Inc. ASM1042 SuperSpeed USB Host Controller
05:00.0 Network controller: Ralink corp. RT5390 Wireless 802.11n 1T/1R PCIe
06:00.0 SATA controller: ASMedia Technology Inc. ASM1062 Serial ATA Controller (rev 01)

As you can see, there's a Bluetooth device, connected to Bus 005, with a vendor ID of 0CF3 (Atheros) and a product ID of 3002, with a friendly name of Atheros Communications, Inc. AR3011 Bluetooth.

 

[Deoxy]

I went to town and got myself a dongle anyway. I'm still pretty there's one integrated but i'll let it slide for now. I'll take you up on that tho, for kicks and giggles, yes. Can't it be done through the windows cmd instead?

 

[txus.palacios]

There's no direct counterpart to them, but there's SIW.