No bluetooth available 10.6.8 Macbook Pro 5,5

If you let it, this will drive you bonkers. My wife's MacBook loses its Bluetooth occasionally. For whatever reason, this affects the Mac going to sleep. It bothers me more than it does her. After dinking around with it for over a year, I've come to the conclusion there is no one solution. Do these things in the following order, starting with the easy stuff:

1. Log out and log back in

2. Reboot the Mac

3. Turn the Mac completely off and let it sit for a few minutes

4. Run the Apple Hardware Test (Bluetooth seems to come back after the test is run more times than not)

If none of this works, then just turn it off and let it sit overnight.

If you don't do anything, it will eventually come back on.

Have a nice day.

Hello:

I am not trying to be argumentative, but why would you expect Apple to provide a firmware fix for a computer you bought "second hand?" The problem is not an Apple hardware issue (and I do not work for Apple nor am I an apologist for the corporation).

It seems apparent to me that the computer you purchased has a faulty Bluetooth module. Perhaps you can return it for credit.

Barry

P.S. FYI, missing Bluetooth is not a common issue and is usually corrected by an SMC reset.

Did you try reinstalling and update to the point just before the Bluetooth

stopped working? If it doesn't work after that, then the hardware just

happened to die at the same time you updated.

I agree with Barry that Bluetooth issues are not common

with OS updates.

Hello:

Try resetting the SMC.

Barry

Hello:

Since the computer is new, trot it to an Apple store for repair/replacement.

Barry