[BTM] 12" PowerBook, Bluetooth device suddenly disabled?

[Bill]

A friend of mine had this very same thing happen to his 12" PowerBook. 
He called Apple, and they eventually had him send it back to them. When 
he got it back, everything has worked fine.

Bill
On Sunday, May 11, 2003, at 07:43  PM, Steve Meister wrote:

> When I first received my 12" PowerBook, the Bluetooth menu appeared 
> normally. Later, I think it might have been after the update to OSX 
> 10.2.6, the Bluetooth menu icon was grayed out, with a zig-zag line 
> through it, and only one grayed-out option is present in the menu: 
> "Bluetooth: Not Available."
>
> Similarly, when I try to run the Bluetooth Setup Assistant, the 
> Bluetooth File Exchange, or the Bluetooth Serial Utility, I get the 
> message "No Bluetooth Hardware Found". I know my PowerBook came with 
> built-in Bluetooth, and I know that the Bluetooth menu used to have 
> items in it, so I'm not sure what happened.
>
> Any ideas?
> - Steve
>
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