Restore Bluetooth after firmware upgrade

Dec 02, '04 08:42:00AM

Contributed by: kholburn

Recently I got an upgrade from Apple -- a firmware upgrade for Bluetooth on my PowerBook. I ran the upgrade, but I didin't notice for a while that my Bluetooth device wasn't there any more. I took my laptop to the Apple shop, and we booted it from another latop (in FireWire target disk mode -- nifty), but still no Bluetooth.

Then a friend mentioned that you had to reset the PRAM. Well, command-Option-P-R doesn't work on my laptop (it has open firmware with the password set). I discovered I had to reboot with Command-Option-O-F (to boot into open firmware), type in my firmware password (you have one of those on your laptop, don't you?), and type reset, hit Enter, then type reset-all, and hit Enter again.

Hey presto, my Bluetooth is back. Whew. Oh and I forgot to mention, when I tried to reboot after the FireWire trick, my laptop wouldn't boot. It wanted the FireWire disk. You have to hold down Option while it's booting up to look for another disk (or reset the PRAM).

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