Need bluetooth drivers for Dell Inspiron 1545

Hello Rudi,

Can you share more info on what scenario or Bluetooth device is not working?

Can you share Bluetooth Radio information using the following steps?

a. Press Windows Key + X key and click Device Manager.

b. Expand "Bluetooth" node to find the Bluetooth Radio info. e.g. "Qualcomm Atheros AR3012 Bluetooth 4.0 + HS"

Hello Rudi

Your system does not have an orginal bluetooth driver provided anymore by Dell since it was never designed for Windows 8.1 (http://www.dell.com/support/drivers/us/en/19/Product/inspiron-1545)

You could try to install the Windows 7 driver, AT YOUR OWN RISK

http://www.dell.com/support/drivers/us/en/19/DriverDetails/Product/alienware-m11x-r2?driverId=ttw58&fileId=2939863973

Not sure however that it will work mate.

Dell wireless Bluetooth 365 module

Dell wireless Bluetooth 365 module

The Dell Wireless Bluetooth 365 Module is a Broadcom card and supported by the Broadcom Bluetooth Update:

http://www.broadcom.com/support/bluetooth/update.php

I have finished most of my unofficial driver sets for Windows 7 and am beginning updating some of them for Windows 8.1, I haven't had anyone fully test them for the Inspiron 1545 yet but they are here:

http://dellwindowsreinstallationguide.com/driver-sets/inspiron-laptops-windows-7/inspiron-1545-windows-8-1-64-bit/ 

I am particularly interested if the following work for you, the AMD card (if you have that variant) and the IDT Audio and Dell Quickset.

Hi,

Check with Dell Support, their on-line documentation and drivers, and ask in their forums

about any known issues. Also check with the actual Bluetooth device maker's support and

drivers.

Dell Support

http://support.dell.com/

Dell Drivers - Product Manuals & Warranty Info (left side) - Tech Support and more

http://support.dell.com/support/index.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=dhs

Dell Forums

http://en.community.dell.com/forums/

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Some troubleshooting methods :

Microsoft - Hardware and Drivers

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/hardware-drivers-help#hardware-drivers-help=windows-8

Why isn't Windows finding my device?

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-8/why-isnt-windows-finding-device

What if a device isn't installed properly

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-8/what-device-isnt-installed-properly

BluetoothView is a small utility that runs in the background, and monitor the activity of

Bluetooth devices around you. For each detected Bluetooth device, it displays the following

information: Device Name, Bluetooth Address, Major Device Type, Minor Device Type, First

Detection Time, Last Detection Time, and more. BluetoothView can also notify you when a

new Bluetooth device is detected, by displaying a balloon in your taskbar or by playing a

small beep sound. - FREE

http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/bluetooth\_viewer.html

BluetoothCL is a small console application that dumps all current detected bluetooth devices

into the standard output. For each Bluetooth device, the following information is displayed:

MAC Address, Name, Major Device Type, Minor Device Type, and optionally the company

name of the device (if external file of MAC addresses - oui.txt is provided) - FREE

http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/bluetoothcl.html

BluetoothLogView is a small utility that monitors the activity of Bluetooth devices around

you,  and displays a log of Bluetooth devices on the main window. Every time that a new

Bluetooth device arrives to your area and when the device leaves your area, a new log line

is added with the following information: Device Name, Device Address, Event Time, Event

Type ('Device Arrival' or 'Device Left'), Device Type, and the company that created the device.

BluetoothLogView also allows you to specify a description for every device (according to its

 MAC address) that will appear under the 'Description' column. - FREE

http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/bluetooth\_log\_view.html

Hope this helps.

Rob Brown - Microsoft MVP <- profile - Windows Expert - Consumer : Bicycle <- Mark Twain said it right!