Windows 10: How can I troubleshoot a Bluetooth Devices not having any audio on Windows 11 after I have...

I had my Bluetooth speakers and headset working with on Windows 11 system all running on an Gigabyte X870 WIFI 7 Aorus Elite motherboard for a number of months and then one day it stopped working. The symptom is that the bluetooth devices connect with audio support but no audio is played when a video or MP3 is played. Doing the same thing on my Manjaro 25 called Zeta with the same hardware and devices and they all work perfectly. I have checked the driver and have the lastest Mediatek release after having logged the problem with Gigabyte Support. They have aksed me to update my bios to the l

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Bluetooth is not working — troubleshoot claims I don't even have it

I have done all the following steps:

- installed bluetooth driver from manufacturer
- hit windows update
- updated / uninstalled bluetooth items listed in Device Manager and restarted the PC
- updated / uninstalled USB drivers listed in Device Manager and restarted the PC (USB drivers automatically came back but not bluetooth)
- turned on and restarted all bluetooth support in services.msc
- conducted bluetooth troubleshooting
- conducted hardware troubleshooting

 

Cannot connect to Bluetooth audio devices (only) under 21H1.

I had no problem connecting Bluetooth audio devices while running Windows version 20H2, and had 3 different audio devices paired and working normally. Upon upgrading to the latest Windows 10 version (21H1, 19043.1348), they can no longer connect. There's nothing wrong with the devices. My 2nd system is running 20H2 and is connecting fine with them. On my primary system running 21H1, I go to the Bluetooth settings screen, see my paired devices in the list. I turn on a Bluetooth audio device... and nothing happens. Previously the laptop would auto-detect the audio device and I'd be good to go. So I select the paired audio device in the list, see the option button to "CONNECT" and press it. IMMEDIATELY, I'm given this message: "That didn't work. Make sure your bluetooth device is discoverable." It's obvious it's not even trying. It's an instant response. On my 20H2 laptop, when I try to manually connect to a Bluetooth audio device that's not turned on, it takes about 20 seconds or so until the "didn't work" message to appear. It's clearly trying. NOTE: I have a mouse device connected via Bluetooth and it's working perfectly fine. It's only audio devices that fail. Another vexing related issue -- if I try to remove any of my Bluetooth audio devices from the paired list, I get a "Remove Failed" message and nothing happens. Troubleshooting: Went to Devices --> Bluetooth. Did a View of hidden devices... and yes, there were duplicates of these devices listed. I deleted all of them. I rebooted and while they are absent from the Devices list, they're still showing up in the Bluetooth interface and behaving as before. I ran the Bluetooth troubleshooter that claimed to find a problem and fixed it, but rebooting showed that not to be the case. Either something appears to be wrong with 21H1, or I have some screwy configuration conflict going on.. I've got Realtek Bluetooth hardware. I have uninstalled Bluetooth and reinstalled the Realtek drivers. No help. Upgrading to 21H1 was long and tedious--I don't want to roll back to 20H2. Is there anything I can try to fix this? Thanks!

 

Bluetooth Troubleshooter says "device does not have bluetooth", when bluetooth is native on my device

Hi, I have a Dell Inspiron 17-7779 and was having an issue while running a program that utiliized Bluetooth 4.0, where the Bluetooth would be working find, and then the program said Bluetooth was turned off, and when I went to go turn it back on, the option
to turn it on does not exist.

I followed lots of troubleshooting and completed the following steps:

• Restarted my computer (several times)
• Ran "services.msc" and restarted "Bluetooth Support Service"
• Windows said drivers were out of date

Eventually, I came across a Microsoft post that suggested uninstalling the device, which I did. I restarted my computer, and ran Windows Update, and no drivers were installed. In Device Manager again, the Bluetooth device was gone, even when checking "Show
hidden devices" under "View".





I ran Bluetooth Troubleshooter, which then told me that "Device does not have Bluetooth. Bluetooth is not available on this device". I restarted the computer and repeated previous steps several times with no success. I have tried 2 different driver programs
that both do not detect nor fix the issue. I have gone to both the Dell and Intel websites and tried to install the latest driver. The driver that was downloaded that I installed was the "Intel(R) Dual Band Wireless-AC 3165". Restarted computer. Restarted
Bluetooth Support Service. Still, my computer fails to recognize that it even has Bluetooth.

Does this leave me to do a system reset?

Help/suggestions are greatly appreciated.