Boot Camp Bluetooth Woes

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Boot Camp Bluetooth Woes

Hi, folks,

I have a late 2011 MBP 17" in which I've upgraded the wireless/Bluetooth card as described in this thread:

http://forums.macrumors.com/threads/2011-macbook-pros-can-support-handoff-contin uity.1747240/

After installing Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit on a boot camp partition, I tried many different approaches from this thread:

Full Bluetooth functionality in Bootcamp (audio, A2DP, FTP, OBEX)

Bluetooth functionality works just fine in OSX, but Windows 7 detects and pairs with my Apple wireless keyboard, but not my Microsoft Arc Touch Bluetooth mouse. How ironic is it that my Microsoft mouse works just fine in Apple's OS, but not Microsoft's?

Initially Windows would find the mouse, but once paired, it would not be able to start the device or find drivers for it. But now Windows doesn't even find the mouse when I attempt to pair it. Does anyone have any thoughts, or have any of you had success with this particular hardware/software combination?

Thanks much in advance!

MacBook Pro, Windows 7

Posted on Jul 7, 2015 2:01 PM

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Loner T

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Jul 7, 2015 4:16 PM in response to CuCkOoDooku

Try to un-pair/remove the M$ mouse from OSX. Pair it to Windows first, and then pair it to OSX and test.

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CuCkOoDooku Author

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Jul 7, 2015 4:51 PM in response to Loner T

Thanks for the suggestion, Loner T. Unfortunately, it didn't work. 😟

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Loner T

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Jul 7, 2015 5:32 PM in response to CuCkOoDooku

Can you test with an Apple Trackpad or an Apple BT Mouse pair properly?

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CuCkOoDooku Author

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Jul 7, 2015 9:52 PM in response to Loner T

Unfortunately I have neither of those. The pairing works just fine with my Apple BT keyboard on both OSX and Win7, though.

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Loner T

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Jul 8, 2015 5:27 AM in response to CuCkOoDooku

The MacRumours article has KEXTs being modified and patched. It can cause problems.

The strange part is that OSX side works after all the patching, but the un-patched Windows side does not.

Has your M$ mouse ever worked after all these changes? What is the version of BT drivers on the Windows side. Was an SMC Reset and NVRAM reset down after the new card was installed?

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CuCkOoDooku Author

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Jul 8, 2015 12:09 PM in response to Loner T

Right. I figured that if the kext modification had thrown something off, it would effect my OSX installation too.

The mouse has never worked on Windows. At first, Windows detected it but would not load the drivers for it, but now it doesn't even detect it. The BT driver on Windows is just the one Boot Camp provides. I also have the Atheros BT Suite that the second link in my OP recommends.

I have tried resetting both the SMC and NVRAM. No dice.

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Loner T

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Jul 8, 2015 12:28 PM in response to CuCkOoDooku

You can try a Generic BT driver.

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CuCkOoDooku Author

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Jul 8, 2015 6:18 PM in response to Loner T

I tried using the generic MS Bluetooth driver, and I've made some progress here. Windows now detects and pairs with the mouse, but it cannot install a driver for it (like when I first started down this road). But at least it's something!

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Loner T

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Jul 8, 2015 6:42 PM in response to CuCkOoDooku

Does Windows try to install a different BT driver for the Mouse?

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Jul 8, 2015 7:01 PM in response to Loner T

Yes, when it begins to pair, it installs 2 drivers - "battery" and "device info." Then it attempts to install a third driver for "Bluetooth peripheral device." This is where it fails and says it cannot find a driver for it.

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