I recently purchased a Dell Vostro 3500. I could not find any way of activating the bluetooth device. I looked at the BIOS and tried installing the bluetooth drivers which said that no bluetooth device was found. So I went onto the Dell website to confirm that the laptop should come with Bluetooth which it should. The laptop even came with the Bluetooth status light symbol above the keyboard. I was wondering if there is any way to confirm that there is infact no bluetooth device on my laptop or that the device is there but not working?

Run lsusb on unix-like systems or go to control panel-> system -> device manager and look for bluetooth there on windows. If it isn't there, you probably don't have it. Keep in mind that in same series there could be laptops with Bluetooth and without Bluetooth. Both will have same external indicators because it's cheaper to include Bluetooth light on all laptops then it is to make two versions: One for Bluetooh laptops and other for laptops without Bluetooth. Also read your computer's specifications. They are probably printed somewhere on its box.

Praxis discography rar. Keep in mind that is is possible that you payed for laptop with Bluetooth and got one without. In the end only sure way to confirm if there is a malfunctioning Bluetooth radio is to open the laptop and look for it. Unfortunately, it would be quite complicated to disassemble the laptop and it could void your warranty.

Check if there is actually Bluetooth. If there is one, re-seating it in the compartment may fix the connection issue, or it could be a bad piece of hardware potentially. There are also settings in the BIOS that control how the 'wireless' switch behaves - does it turn off all radios (Bluetooth, Wifi, cellular, etc.) - or just some. I generally just disable that switch all together in the BIOS as it tends to cause nothing but trouble.

For good measure, you may want to try and update your BIOS as well.

This page contains the list of device drivers for Dell Vostro 3700. To download the proper driver, first choose your operating system, then find your device name and click the download button. The Dell Vostro 3500 does have bluetooth! Even if it doesnt show in your device manager. Go to the downloads section on the Dell website and download the Bluetooth driver and install it.

I am installing Windows 7 Home Premium x64 on a new hard disk drive on a Dell Vostro 3550 laptop. I found which is similar to my problem, but I am still confused about the driver installation. When I use the service tag to bring up the drivers available for download, there are no chipset drivers included. When I look at all the drivers available for the Vostro 3550, as mentioned in the referenced thread, I find four drivers but it is not clear which one/ones I should install. Wistron USB 3.0 Host Controller Driver 2. Intel HM67 Express Chipset Family Driver 3.

Intel Management Engine Interface Driver 4. Realtek RTS5138 Card Reader Driver I have the following issues in Device Manager, all under Other devices, and all with yellow!: Ethernet Controller Network Controller PCI Simple Communications Controller SM Bus Controller Universal Serial Bus (USB) Controller Unknown device Unknown device I have one of three USB ports working. I have no network connectivity. So far, I have tried installing from Dell downloads these drivers in the following order: Intel Centrino Wireless-N 1030/Advanced-N 6230 Bluetooth Adapter Driver Intel HD Graphics 3000 Driver The Centrino Wireless-N driver did install but did not give me wireless access. The Graphics driver did install and correct the video resolution as expected. I have been reading that I first need to install chipset drivers, so I have the following questions: Which of the four drivers should I install? Do I need to uninstall the Centrino Wireless-N driver before?

How can I resolve the other issues in device manager that do not seem to have corresponding drivers? After Windows Update installed 9 updates, I had two missing drivers. Based on the Network Controller Hardware ID: PCI VEN_8086&DEV_008A&SUBSYS_53258086&REV_34 PCI VEN_8086&DEV_008A&SUBSYS_53258086 PCI VEN_8086&DEV_008A&CC_028000 PCI VEN_8086&DEV_008A&CC_0280 and information from the thread I linked earlier, I could see the correct driver for the Network Controller is Intel Centrino Wireless-N 1000/1030, Advanced-N 6230 Driver (R311898) which installed and now wifi is working.

I now have one missing driver: Unknown Device with Hardware ID: ACPI SMO8800 *SMO8800. Similar help and support threads Thread Forum Hi I've had to reinstall Windows 7 Pro 64 bit and have lost all my drivers including network adaptor. I have tried installing numerous different drivers from the Dell website but they are not working.

Can anyone help? I have attached my sys info. Thanks in advance.

Drivers I have a Dell Vostro 3550 64 bit that had been wiped clean. I am using Win7 Pro 64 bit. I went to Dell's support sight and search for drivers by the service tag.