Can't Enable the Bluetooth of Dell E5500 370 mini card

hello LUCA
NO OS stated, what is there XP,VISTA or windows.
did you upgrade it to w10 , that can kill any blue tooth easy.

first the PC must have that feature,
all PCs made its a feature you opt for day one new.
there are only ways to find out this.
one read the full model number of your PC and look it up
one number there on the service tag tells you what it came with new, all options.
2: or run a scanner on it like PCL-z (free and portable app)

a 3rd way is knowning where it is , one looks for it.
can be in 2 forms, separate or part if wifi module.

here are the sales sheet stated facts.
Go wherever your work takes you with Dell's superior Mobile
Broadband
2
option (available on the 14" E5400 notebook), and
Wireless-N antenna design which also supports Bluetooth® 2.1,
and is WiMAX™ ready.
Mobile Broadband 2 & GPS:
Dell Wireless 5720 (EvDo&GPS)
Mobile Broadband mini card,

Dell Wireless 5530 (Tri-band
HSDPA 7.2/HSUPA 2.0 & GPS) Mini-Card


Bluetooth
Dell Wireless 370 Bluetooth® 2.1
end quote. Marked WPAN on top.



the 370 card , must be there, seen below.

here are the ropes for bluetooth.
1: must be there, (called hardware present, and connected)
2: the driver matching the must be loaded.
3: then you turn on wifi in windows. and bluetooth goes active.
the manual for the PC tells you how to turn it on
did you lose the manual.
if you learn to google , the first hit works.
Dell E5400 manual. ever try that,? first>?
dells funky service manual skips this part totally.
like it there, names it but fails to show where it is. (found it)
ok i think it fits in the WLAN socket (3/4g)
so if that socket is empty there is no bluetooth here.



now recap, is it there.
there are 3 cards in the hatch, all are optional on most PC made.
the small card is optional model (dial up bs)
the bigger card is usually WIFI
The other car is WLAN OR WPAN,
pan means personal area network (bluetooth is one type)

if present then, make sure the drivers are not missing
did you slam Vista or w8 up to W10?
if yes, you need the dell driver

dells has them so go get them. up to windows 7
this PC is 2009 year made.

here is the driver.
http://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/19/product-support/product/latitude-e5400/drivers


if you look there the operator book is there,
if you read it , it tells you all steps to enable bluetooth,

check to see if you have bluetooth driver installed

• Click on "Start" and right click on "Computer".
• Click on "Manage".
• Click on "Device Manager".
• Under "Network adapters", you will find the bluetooth driver listed.

you need to install bluetooth driver from dell website if it is not listed

http://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/19/product-support/product/latitude-e5410/drivers

how to use the bluetooth
Connect to Bluetooth Device From Your Dell Computer in Windows XP
or
Connect to Bluetooth Device From Your Dell Computer in Windows 7

hopr mthat was helpful

Go to control panel and see if you can find the bluetooth driver. Enable this and it should function.

Kindly get your driver here : www.nodevice.com/driver/company/Dell/SOUND.html
www.laptopdrivers.net > Dell Laptop Reviews
www.notebook-driver.com/dell/dell-xps-m1530-laptop-windows-xp-drivers/
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Regards, Jay__fsredw23

You can turn on/off Bluetooth and Wireless using the Fnand F2 key.
To enable or disable wireless networking, press <Fn><F2>.
Turns on when a card with Bluetooth® wireless
technology is enabled.
NOTE: The card with Bluetooth wireless technology is an optional feature, so the ordered the card with your computer. For more information,
see the documentation that came with your card.
To turn off only the Bluetooth wireless technology
functionality, right-click the
area and click Disable Bluetooth Radio.
To quickly enable or disable all wireless devices, press
<Fn><F2>.

Please refer the page #69 to 74 for complete information on the Wireless and Blue-tooth

http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/ins6400/en/om/MD402AO3.pdf

Turns on when the numeric keypad is enabled.

Turns on when wireless devices are enabled.

Turns on when the uppercase letter function is enabled.

Turns on when Mini PCI functionality and Bluetooth® wireless technology are enabled. To enable or disable Mini PCI functionality and Bluetooth wireless technology, press <Fn><F2>.
NOTE: Bluetooth wireless technology is an optional feature on your computer, so the icon turns on only if you ordered Bluetooth wireless technology with your computer.
For more information, see the documentation that came with your Bluetooth wireless technology.

Turns on when the scroll lock function is enabled.

Here is the answer! memory problem! go to this site. http://www.laptop-junction.com/toast/content/dell-caps-lock-light-flashing-blinking

ya just purchase a bluetooth device it will come around rs120 and then install its cd and start using bluetooth device by connecting into anyone of usb port

Hi
The D610 does not by default have bluetooth it does have an icon for bluetooth on the mold if your system does have bluetooth the dell web sight has drivers and software to install and set up the use also with you are using windows XP SP2 has some bluethooth options you can enable in windows control panel

more info on the dell update page
http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/driverslist.aspx?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs&ServiceTag=&SystemID=LAT_PNT_PM_D610&os=WW1&osl=en&catid=&impid=

Look under network

me too have that problem, i updated me XP SP2 to SP3 and failed to install bluetooth, then i removed SP3 and re install bluetooth, it worked fine, as my comment, reinstall ur OS to windows XP SP2 and try.

install the hp quick launch buttons then install the bluetooth driver once you get the option to enable bluetooth