Bluetooth issues,

Notverybright14618

Notverybright14618

Notverybright14618

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Hi, I’m looking for some advice, I bought me and my son a pc from Facebook group a couple of years ago and its brilliant for me to get in to pc gaming but after buying an Xbox controller a playstation 5 controllers and a arctis nova headset over the year I can’t for the life of me get them connected,

It says on the windows device couldn’t connect and if the device supports Bluetooth to turn it on or update drivers, but I’m not sure where or what I’m doing.

My pc is
kfa2 ge force rtx3060 12gb oc
I7-10700 8 core 4.8ghz
Gigabyte h510m h motherboard
Corsair vengeance lpx 16gb 3200mhz drr4 ram,

I’d love and appreciate any and all help and tips to help navigate updating and maintaining a pc,

Thanks very much.
 
Let's start from the beginning...it's hard to troubleshoot otherwise.

Does your computer have Bluetooth or do you have a Bluetooth dongle connected to the computer
 
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I honestly don’t
tamzzy said:
Let's start from the beginning...it's hard to troubleshoot otherwise.

Does your computer have Bluetooth or do you have a Bluetooth dongle connected to the computer
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Hi, thanks for the reply, I didn’t know I’d need one tbh i thought it would have been something in the actual other components,

I ripped my cupboard apart thinking I’d found one but that was an older tp link ac600 archer t2u plus usb adaptorthat came with the computer and as far as Google works for me it isn’t a Bluetooth adapter.

Would you have a recommendation for a good Bluetooth adaptor?

Thanks very much for your time.
 
Bluetooth can (albeit rarely) be effected by certain local factors which might interrupt or cause issues with signals.

You might be better off buying an adapter which uses 2.4ghz rather than bluetooth to connect, but you're also walking into expenses to the point it's probably cheaper to buy an entirely new controller setup.

I personally use the following: 8Bitdo Ultimate 2.4G Wireless.

It's an xbox style pad which comes with a 2.4g usb adapter and a dock, built in battery, and hall effect sticks for around the £30-40 range. If you're spending in the £30-40 region to get an xbox controller working it's by far the better buy imo.
 
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tamzzy said:
Eh? Usb BT dongles are a fiver a pop?
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They are but they also have a bunch of issues, especially if multiple devices are being used on them. I've played around with a few cheap USB Bluetooth dongles and honestly they've always flaked out at even moderate distances (talking 1-2m). Then there's the failure rates which are higher than you might imagine with the cheaper Chinese products that flood the market, and I say this as someone that legitimately has tried using them in the past. It's why I ended up picking up the aforementioned 8bitdo Ultimate, initially I ran xbox controllers but after my 360 pad + dongle did the dirty I ended up with an Xbox Series X pad or two and Bluetooth. Tons of problems across multiple cheap adapters, one wouldn't work at all unless I slapped it on a 2m long extension lead to take it away from my PC. One worked off and on and then flat out failed after a week or two, that was fine only due to the fact I bought it from the rainforest so really easy returns.

The adapters that actually did work slipped into the cost of better entire controller setups (in my case the 8bitdo Ultimate I mentioned), if bluetooth is needed purely for gaming I'd not waste my time with cheap adapters.
 
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I don't use Bluetooth so can't comment. I mean the reputable ones aren't that expensive on the rainforest.
Ugreen = £5.49
Tplink = £7.99

I could scrape the bottom of the barrel and look at temu/Ali :cry:
 
tamzzy said:
I don't use Bluetooth so can't comment. I mean the reputable ones aren't that expensive on the rainforest.
Ugreen = £5.49
Tplink = £7.99

I could scrape the bottom of the barrel and look at temu/Ali :cry:
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"Reputable" is the king here, lotsa bought reviews and as you might imagine those are probably usually used by people not running anything intensive (latency, distance) etc.

I actually used a Ugreen that crapped the bed, and a Tplink which was better but had serious distance issues.

The entire reason I started looking at alternatives was because I flat out refused to spend £20-30 + on a Bluetooth adapter that was competent.

Edit: For context I run a multi-monitor setup and a big part of that is my lovely 4K 65" tv, so I really enjoy having a nice wireless pad, but it means I sit roughly 3.5-4.5 meters away from my PC.
 
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Well it's "only" a fiver or something, if I was op I would try it out first before buying something more expensive. I'm a cheapskate like that :cry:
 
tamzzy said:
Well it's "only" a fiver or something, if I was op I would try it out first before buying something more expensive. I'm a cheapskate like that :cry:
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So am I, that's why I went down that bloody rabbit hole. :cry:

Few things annoy me more than having my time wasted and good lord did wireless gamepads pull it off.
 
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Hi, it’s just to get my son happy and not feel so stupid that i bought an Xbox elite controller and a ps5 one and didn’t get any of them to work, im coming from a ps4 so thought the ps5 or other controller would be a good fit to chill playing games like days gone and read dead so dont need anything that would need to be amazing then for the competitive side its wire keyboard and mouse,

All take all this advice on board and thanks very much for the comments and advice it’s much appreciated.
 
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