Bluetooth adapter gone

[worldly zephyr]

X670e tomahawk
7800x3d

Bluetooth adapter gone

@modest topaz

@crimson forge

should i still pull the io off

[modest topaz]

okay so yours is highly likely under that heatsink

[worldly zephyr]

Yea

I mean I know it is

I can see it

Just barely

[modest topaz]

some boards actually have it where the pcie lanes are along with the m.2 slots and covered by a separate heatsink and only connected by 2 wires to the antenna

anyhow, u’ll need to take the board out to see how the heatsink is mounted

[worldly zephyr]

Ah

[worldly zephyr]

Should I check the cpu pins like supply mentioned or no?

[modest topaz]

if the wifi is working, it’s not the cpu

[crimson forge]

there may be an issue at the WiFi adapter

[modest topaz]

the adapter is 2 in 1, wifi and bluetooth together

[crimson forge]

i said that before he said wifi was working

they gave me the wrong info

the issue is likely likely either a driver issue, windows issue or the adapter itself is broken on just the BT

i dont think opening it further will help

[vital cypress]

do you have the wifi dongus screwed in?

[crimson forge]

i thought he was opening it to replace the adapter

[worldly zephyr]

they were yes

[modest topaz]

this is how it looks. one wire is wifi, the other is bluetooth. both run on the same chip. so if wifi is working, it’s connected properly but the bluetooth module on it is probably fried

[worldly zephyr]

Son of a bitch

Wait nevermind that wouldn’t be the issue

One of the dongles was just a little loose but that would just hurt the signal not the device itself

[crimson forge]

wires connected doesnt affect the bt chip working

[worldly zephyr]

Yea

[crimson forge]

just signal not working

[worldly zephyr]

mhm

[modest topaz]

u can buy the module itself for like $20-50 depending on which u buy and from where then swap it out

[crimson forge]

since you dont have BT at all, it's either broken BT or windows problem

if it's not being detected at all in windows it might evne be an issue with the motherboard

was there a setting in bios for turning BT on and off?

[worldly zephyr]

Dude these x670e tomahawks are givin me fucking ptsd I swear to god

[crimson forge]

nah, this is how you learn stuff

[worldly zephyr]

Getting bluetooth to even work on this thing period was a MOTHERFUCKER

[crimson forge]

when shit goes sideways, you learn stuff for the next time

[worldly zephyr]

Oh yeah I know, I do appreciate that aspect of this stuff

I just wish it wasn’t happening to mine

lol

Bluetooth on this motherboard, I COULD NOT get to work for like 3 weeks, and then it just magically worked flawlessy for a while

Now it’s killed entirely

[modest topaz]

mhmmm.. it’s really either one of the 3:

1. drivers got uninstalled (u should see a ! or yellow triangle in device manager)
2. the adapter is disabled on network devices (u’ll see it on device manager with a different icon)
3. the adapter is faulty, likely the bluetooth module is fried

[worldly zephyr]

Bad wifi card from factory?

[modest topaz]

very common

[worldly zephyr]

Great

[crimson forge]

@modest topazgoogle AI says there is an option in bios to turn BT on and off

[worldly zephyr]

Would that remove it from device manager though

[modest topaz]

yup there is, but usually it turns off both wifi and bluetooth at the same time lol

[modest topaz]

yep, it “kills” the slot on boot

[crimson forge]

worth a look if he puts it back together i suppose

[modest topaz]

basically bios telling the board to not provide power to the slot so the adapter is acting like it’s unplugged

[crimson forge]

got damn... i download so many motherboard manuals and not one of them is fucking labeled with the model by the manufacture

[modest topaz]

but usually wifi goes out as well if done in bios

[crimson forge]

look like it has the option to turn off either or both

[modest topaz]

i’ve only seen dell and hp bios to actually be able to separate the modules properly rofl

[crimson forge]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=juGtmDOcz34

wait... that might be a non amd chipset

[modest topaz]

gigabyte has the option too and usually wifi is fucked when u turn off bluetooth

[worldly zephyr]

Hmm

Ok so I have a few options here

Take jt apart now

ir

[crimson forge]

nope... that video is amd wifi/bt adapter

so there is a chance BT was never enabled in bios

[worldly zephyr]

I could put it all back together now and check the event viewer and shit

I MIGHT be able to get a pcie card here to test

MIGHT

[crimson forge]

go check your bios

[worldly zephyr]

yeah that’s first when it goes back together

[crimson forge]

dont take anything part again unless you want to replace the module the board comes with

[worldly zephyr]

idk why it would turn off tho

[crimson forge]

or add a pcie card later

[worldly zephyr]

yea

All that for nothing… damn….

[crimson forge]

i would ahve said stop taking it a part if i had realized what the actual problem was

i was thinking you were going to replace the adapter that board came with

[worldly zephyr]

gonna go see if I can find a pcie bt card here

before it all closes

[crimson forge]

you are that desperate?