Bluetooth Not Available

Hi Sarah,

What kind of bluetooth device are you using on your Powerbook to connect with the Keyboard & Mouse?

If its USB make sure its plugged in correctly, also some USB bluetooth devices dont work too well if used in a USB hub, try it directly in your powerbooks USB port.

I pressume your keyboard & mouse have batteries to power them, try removing them for a few minutes than replace them.

Also read the "Read this before posting" in this section.

Hope this helps

Hi Sarah,
good to here that the same thing happend to you too. Can report about the same issue today and can´t find any help neither in sys help nor on the apple site. Bluetooth hardware is builtin. I have the system completely updated (OS 10.3.5) that means for bluetooth: v1.5 / 1 .5.1. As for buetooth devices I currently use a SonyEricson T610 fone. Even if it lays near and is tuned in the x-ed out bluetooth icon stays the same. Anly comment will be apreciated.
Cheers,
Sebastian

Hello!
I, aswell, found a solution. Actually I didn´t finde it but time alone solved it: This morning I turned it on and bluetooth worked again properly. Don´t know what happend ...
Cheers, S

The same happened to me this morning !!!

I switched on my PB G4 15'' and the Bluetooth icon appered with a line through. Yesterday I was using it with my mouse and my Sony Ericcson T630.

Hmmmm... bizarre...

I'll try the take off the battery stuff... but I would like to understand !!!

There must be something in the air!

Ciao, Seo

hi Sarah, I just logged in to the discussion board to see if I was the only one who had this weird Bluetooth hardware not present error/problem which has NEVER happened before. So, as I can see from the list, you and I are definitely not alone, but I am wondering as to what triggered it. I had not done anything unusual nor made any changes to my machine or software.

Imran

Hi I ugraded to Bluetooth 1.5 and System 10.3.5 a couple of days ago. All else well till then , but I now cannot connect to my Sony Ericsson mobile anymore. I can connect briefly during the set-up till the step where the phone recognises the G4 and vice- versa, but when I move to the next step in the set- up protocol ( for example, choose iSync and then click next) the phone say 'Bluetooth connection lost' and the Bluetooth icon on the G4 goes back to the disconnected state-- although the setup says "congratultions, you are now connected etc'.
Any help will be much appreciated
Vijay

My Mac fails to recognise any bluetooth hardware or have any recolection that mere days ago it happily accepted acres of photos, via bluetooth, from my phone. I get a message that tells me ive a "Kern protection failure" Please help me before i destroy either the phone or the Mac!! my knowledge of the internal workings of this mighty machine are very limited, so treat me gently.

Don't know if this helps ....... I found that after a re-start my Bluetooth was not available, to regain the Bluetooth connection I had to remove the Bluetooth dongle from the USB port and plug it back in again and all works fine 🙂

My new 20inch imac G5 was delivered a couple of days ago. I set up the wireless keyboard and mouse. last night the icon was gray with the wavy line.
I could not get it back. I shut it down and this time it appeared. Today I started it up and no sign of bluetooth again. There is not a bluetooth icon in the system preferences and the icon in the menu bar is still gray.
Anybody else had problems with the G5 I cannot take out a battery and have tried restarting it three or four times.
Help !

I'am also having problems with my bluetooth, and to top it off it only just came back for warrenty repair. I tried pulling out the battery type but that didn;t help, any suggestions would be much appreciated.

hi, guys.
i've been panicing this morning when i couldn't sync my calendar with my phone before going home.
thanx for the suggestions to all of you.
removing the battery worked for me.
this is such a weird thing.

have a nice day (i'm having mine, since i could sync)

ciao.ubi

I recently bought a bluetooth enabled T- Mobile Sony Ericcsson T630 and also a USB bluetooth adapter to access the internet. Unfortunately, i am having issues. It keeps aborting during the set-up process, so i am unable to connect to the internet, although I can run iSync successfully with the address book and iCal. I have signed up to a monthly data plan via GPRS, but can not find the relevant modem script in the bluetooth setup assistant.

Hi Brian,

Take a look on Ross Barkman's Web Site you may find one there

HTH

thanks, paul, lots of reading there.