Google isn’t giving me a solid answer (seems looking up answers online has become harder after LLMs took over). So I’m asking you nerds because you’re smart and I trust some of you (don’t let it go to your head, stinky)
OK so for context my Laptop is OLD. It’s an Acer Nitro 5 AN515-52-72MN manufactured in December 2018 so that’s almost 8 years old. It’s trooper. A couple of years ago I cracked it open and upgraded the SSD to 2tb and the memory to 32gb and installed Linux Mint. It’s been thriving, so I really really want to keep it alive as much as possible.
Anyway, embarrassing rambling aside. I’ve never had a problem with it until yesterday, when I connected some new Bluetooth earbuds. Ever since then my Bluetooth mouse, controller, earbuds whatever have randomly started disconnecting and immediately reconnecting. It’s got me worried that the internal Bluetooth dongle is at the end of its days, which is fine, whatever I can buy a dongle.
It’s just a software issue from an update right? RIGHT? A future update will fix it? RIGHT?
EDIT: Fixed! THANK YOU
Bluetooth is integrated into the wifi module. I highly doubt connecting to a bluetooth device could damage anything in the actual hardware. I would try uninstalling and reinstalling the most up to date drivers for your wifi card. (I’m not familiar with the procedure on linux so youll have to search for instructions on that.) Sometimes the drivers are bundled or the bluetooth driver may be separate.
Wifi modules are usually socketed on an m.2 A+E keyed connection. So if you really think your card is damaged, or if you want to try to upgrade to a newer intel card, that is an option. Determing compatibility might require some searching of forums. It is very easy to do in general. However, be aware that the wifi/bluetooth anntenae are built in, and the tiny little coax cables are fragile. So handle them very carefully and use a small plastic pry tool to separate the connector from the wifi card rather than just pulling on them.
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