Bluetooth problem, help please.

[mardds]

Hello there, I have an Asus vivobook s551. It originally came with windows 8, but i had it removed and installed windows 7 instead because i didn't like windows 8. anyway, every driver worked flawlessly. the only problem is Bluetooth, it just wont work. there are no drivers for it for windows 7 on asus' website , but i installed the W8 version anyway. the installation worked but the software won't find any Bluetooth device. the laptop has Bluetooth built in and it used to work in windows 7. i even bought a Bluetooth dongle and still the same , it just wont find any device.i tried everything i could find online but still nothing. i tried the dongle on a friends laptop and it worked. i would appreciate any help getting Bluetooth to work . thanks a lot.

 

[orlbuckeye]

Typically vendors don't supply drivers for OS's other then the version that came with the PC. That's just a fact of life. They don't tend to work backwards and tend to develop drivers for current and future devices not past. I think it you would have stayed with 8 and moved to 8.1 you would have enjoyed it better. Windows 8.1 boots to desktop if you want and you never have to go to Metro if you don't want.

 

[mardds]

Isn't there any other way? I hated windows 8,even after upgrading to 8.1 even if I don't get the internal Bluetooth to work. How can I get the dongle to work? It worked immediately on a friends laptop but I think when I used it on mine, there was a conflict between drivers? Idk I'm not sure.

 

[mardds]

Anyone ?

 

[orlbuckeye]

I would contact the maker of the wireless/Bluetooth card and see if they have the driver. Like I said companies usually don't go backwards with their drivers because it causes support nightmare. I love Windows 8.1 and I got a new laptop yesterday and I went to setup my printer and it was already setup.