Notebooks & Netbooks

[blu3r4y]

Hi,

do you have some new information regarding to the bluetooth functionality with the Intel 7260 WiFi card?

I'm looking forward to replace my Broadcom WiFi card and I really would like to have a working bluetooth chip on-board for my bluetooth mouse.

As mentioned on another thread, bluetooth should work when you install it's driver FIRST. Is this true? (http://community.acer.com/t5/Notebooks-Netbooks/Wifi-upgrade-on-Acer-R7-intel-7260-card/m-p/198463#M...)

Or is there any other option? Like getting a working Broadcom WiFi card?

Thanks in advance!

Mario

[blu3r4y]

Quick Update:

Bluetooth works with my Intel 7260 WiFi card (Model: 7260HMW). I am using the latest Intel PROset driver.

However, sometimes on startup the Bluetooth device shows an exclamation mark in device manager and is not useable. A temporary work-around is to uninstall the driver by right-click and scan for hardware changes - the bluetooth device gets recognized again and starts up correctly. I could not find a permanent fix for this rare issue.

Mario

[jtalb5322]

I've never, NEVER, gotten any response in device manager for the Intel bluetooth. I thought I read somewhere that the mini pcie connector in the r7 isn't actually wired like a full standard mini pcie. I tried to test by soldering usb connection on card, pins 36 and 38, to a usb port, but connections are way to small on the pcie connector for me to mess with. I'm just using bluetooth dongle when I need it.

[jtalb5322]

That's with several different bluetooth driver versions also. Nothing worked for me. Also tried aida64, and didn't report any bluetooth or usb connection unkown.

[blu3r4y]

Wow, that's strange. Maybe we got slightly different Intel 7260 WiFi cards and your card has same compatibility problems with the R7 ???
I bought mine a few weeks ago from Amazon in Germany. Here's a picture of my card:

I installed Intel PROSet Version 17.0.2 from 08.05.2014, which is VERY up-to-date. Have you tried this one?
(https://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?lang=eng&changeLang=true&DwnldId=23868)

Here are some drive details: (sorry for the german language)

And sometimes it doesn't get recognized. In fact it says "Windows has stopped this device because it has reported problems. (Code 43)":

[jtalb5322]

I will try that later. Thank you.

[jtalb5322]

I think i was already on that version, as when i went to install, it asked for repair or remove. I tried repair. No difference. I will pull the card and compare to your picture when i get a chance. I've been living without it working for a good while, i just keep re-visiting the issue cause it's something to do. I can live without it, but it's in there, it should work. These are the fun little problems that sometimes keep me thinking. Thanks. 

[adessmith]

I really think this is some sort of physical/mechanical issue and not a driver issue.
Bluetooth does not even appear in my device manager.
At some point, when I didn't have all the screws in the bottom of my R7 (or possibly NO screws, I cant remember), bluetooth actually showed up and worked... then after completeting the HDD install I was working on, and fully securing the bottom to the laptop, it disappeared again...

[blu3r4y]

Yeah, it seems like a buggy hardware / antenna problem. I experienced a similar behavior on my R7 while assembling the WiFi card.
I even read about such curious problems with open and closed notebooks cases.

Moreover I just wanted to add, though my bluetooth does show up in the device manager, it's everything else than stable ...
On daily use it has some serious problems, e.g. it disconnects my bluetooth mouse every ~ 15 minutes ...
By now I just don't use bluetooth - it's frustrating.

Mario