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My bluetooth disappeared!
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Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: Ny,Ny,USA
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My bluetooth is gone. I went to the Sys Prefs and the icon is no longer listed. I then when to System Profiler and under bluetooth its listed as module not found. What the heck is going on? Did it fry?
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i hate project managers.
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Join Date: Sep 2003
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What machine are you using?
I've heard of BT modules coming loose in older PowerBooks. I suppose it could happen in newer ones as well.
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MacBook Pro - 2.0GHz Core Duo
iBook - 1.2GHz G4
PowerMac - Dual Core 2.3GHz G5
Mac mini - 1.25GHz G4
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Senior User
Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: Ny,Ny,USA
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Originally Posted by Bryanmc
What machine are you using?
I've heard of BT modules coming loose in older PowerBooks. I suppose it could happen in newer ones as well.
I have the very first Aluminum Powerbook G4.
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i hate project managers.
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Join Date: Sep 2001
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Happened to me too a few weeks ago. I reinstalled OS X and it came back fine.
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MacBook Pro 15" -- 2.2Ghz, 4GB, 200GB 7200rpm
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Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Washington, DC
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This happend to me before. Reset the PRAM.
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Join Date: Sep 2005
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Stop playing Hockey, and you'll keep all your teeth, even the blue ones. 
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Join Date: Mar 2001
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This happens to me ever so occasionally. A restart with no USB devices plugged in brings it back. Pain in the bum, though.
Hope that helps and that it's not something more serious.
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Join Date: Nov 2001
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Originally Posted by all2ofme
This happens to me ever so occasionally. A restart with no USB devices plugged in brings it back. Pain in the bum, though.
Hope that helps and that it's not something more serious.
If you can get Bluetooth back after a restart, I've found that using "Bluetooth Explorer" from the Developer Tools (located at /Developer/Applications/Utilities/Bluetooth/) and then select "HCI Controler Selector…" from the utilities menu, you can reselect the Bluetooth module.
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12" Powerbook 1.5GHz/SuperDrive, 1.25GB Ram, 80GB HD, Airport Extreme, Mac OS X 10.4.11 Tiger
iBook (Late 2001)600MHz/Combo, 640MB RAM, 20GB HD, Airport, Mac OS X 10.3.9 Panther — web server
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Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: Ny,Ny,USA
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So when I first posted about this resetting the PRAM fixed the problem. It happened again but this time resetting the PRAM didnt work. Anyone know of another to regain my bluetooth?
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Join Date: Jan 2003
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Sometimes you have to hold down the PRAM reset keys through a minimum of 4 restart chimes--this gives you a very thorough reset (and there were at one point even some KB docs on Apple/Support suggesting that you do this.) Or you should try starting up in Open firmware and resetting the NVRAM.
"To reset open firmware just startup in OF (startup holding command-option-o-f) and at the prompt enter the following (<return> means hit the return key):
reset-nvram<return>
set-defaults<return>
reset-all<return>
The computer will restart after the last command."
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Senior User
Join Date: Feb 2001
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Actually I figured it out after reading a support article on Apple.com
What you have to do is shut down, remove your battery/or unplug the machine and leave it like that for a least a minute. Restart and the bluetooth is back. It's some kind of power management issue.
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