I got an old laptop I have w10 on just for browsng etc... was gonna hook up some earplugs too and....I don't thnk I have Bluetooth? Shouldn't I have a bluetooth button there?
#Pavillon g6 notebook, win 10...do i not have Bluetooth?
patent glacier
bronze patrol
I got an old laptop I have w10 on just for browsng etc... was gonna hook up som...
What is the exact part number found on the sticker on the bottom of the laptop? You should likely have Bluetooth, but I'd wager a guess your drivers aren't installed properly.
patent glacier
another maybe part of the puzzle
patent glacier
What is the exact part number found on the sticker on the bottom of the laptop? ...
just an old wn 7 product key stcker there
bronze patrol
There will be some kind of model number / part number marking somewhere. Or at least a serial number. We can use that to lookup the laptop specs and drivers on HP's website.
patent glacier
There will be some kind of model number / part number marking somewhere. Or at l...
bronze patrol
Huh yeah... that model / part number doesn't yield anything. Perhaps there's a serial number?
patent glacier
a handy redt thread started wth all my nfo 🙂
bronze patrol
https://www.reddit.com/r/Hewlett_Packard/comments/1878qaj/trying_to_find_specs_f...
If the partsurfer link in that reddit post is to be believed, seems like it might have Bluetooth.
You could try the Bluetooth drivers here, but be warned: that laptop never had official Windows 10 support.
https://support.hp.com/us-en/drivers/hp-pavilion-g6-2000-notebook-pc-series/model/5278312
patent glacier
would the bt be on the mobo or the wifi card?
patent glacier
You could try the Bluetooth drivers here, but be warned: that laptop never had o...
thanks...do you nkow if the BT would come from the realtek card or the intel cpu?
bronze patrol
thanks...do you nkow if the BT would come from the realtek card or the intel cpu...
It'll likely be part of the WiFi chipset, though could be a separate dedicated card given the laptop's age.