I fixed it on my machine by disabling 'Bluetooth device' in the wireless devices tab in the BIOS - that tells the BIOS to ignore (but not disable - given that the Wi-Fi part still works I assume the PCI-e slot is still on) the card and not attempt any communication with it, and that seems to do the trick and the card isn't bricked when the OS detects all USB devices, and it can thus load the correct firmware and finally make the device functional. The BIOS of my computer was apparently attempting to communicate with it before the OS had a chance to load its firmware, and that was bricking it - it then appeared to the OS as an unknown device (hardware ID says USB/UNKNOWN) with USB PID (product ID) 0000 and VID (vendor ID) 0000. The USB module requires a firmware to be loaded before it can be used, and it seems like any communication with it before that firmware is loaded can brick it and make it unusable until the next shutdown (a reboot won't do, it needs to be completely unpowered for a few seconds). This card is actually two distinct parts glued together, one is a standard PCI Wi-Fi card that works fine, the second is a BCM92070 which is a USB Bluetooth module and it is attached to the USB lines of the mini PCI-Express port. I have the same one and I spent the last two hours trying to make it work on my Dell Latitude E6400. It seems this card i have installed is in the whitelist. I'm installing bluetooth on this laptop because it has a fried USB controller, and need an external mouse.ĮDIT From the G7 maintenance and service guide, But that would be oddĪnyone has a clue on this one ? Thanks a lot !!! I was wondering if the HP connection manager i've downloaded from the laptop's support page had the bluetooth portion ripped out because the laptop didn't come with BT. That's what i have, on the card you see a BT MAC: so there's def. Here's a pic of the card : /click_enlarge1.php?image=DF2403.jpg&username=montrealappletech&aid=800123462 Installed it, it doesn't talk about bluetooth, just wifi and wired connection.Īm i missing something here ? Wireless switch on the laptop is on, the wifi portion of the card works. I've found out that wireless connections are managed by HP connection manager on this model. I've also tried installing the BCM2070 drivers found on hp's site for another model, no dice.

I've tried installing the broadcom bluetooth software from but it says no bluetooth card is found.

The Broadcom BCM94313HMGB is a mini PCI-E card made up from a BCM2070 bluetooth module and a BCM4313 WLAN module. I've purchased a WIFI card from HP, that is a combo wifi-bluetooth card, model BCM94313HMGB I have this HP G7-1260CA that doesn't detect the bluetooth adapter I put in it.

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