How to repair the bluetooth card in iMac?

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iMac Intel 24" EMC 2267

Model A1225 / Early 2009 / 2.66, 2.93, or 3.06 GHz Core 2 Duo processor

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michel claes @michelclaes

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How to repair the bluetooth card in iMac?

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i have a big problem with my magic mouse, my iMac detect sometimes my magic mouse and when it detect the magic mouse but the range of the bluetooth of my iMac is very short, when i hold the mouse very close to my iMac then the arrow moves but when i hold the mouse further away from my iMac on front of it, the arrow don't move anymore when i move the mouse.... the magic mouse is new and battery's are new to and full charged!

Is there a way to fix this?

regards

Michel

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The problem needs to be isolated to either the mouse of the blue tooth card. Try another blue tooth device and see how it works then you will know where to look for the issue.

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hi mayer,

thank you for your reply ...

I have also a extern bluetooth adapter and when i plug-in on one of the usb connection on the backside from my iMac the magic mouse works fine, only when the iMac get out from the sleep-mode the magic mouse don't work anymore, or i have to unplug the extern bluetooth adapter again and plug-in again the mouse work again and this is always repeat itself when the iMac go's in sleep-mode ....

So my opinion is that the mouse is not the problem but the problem is the bluetooth antenna inside the iMac?

regards

Michel

Oct 7, 2015 by michel claes

Go under the Apple to about this Mac > more info > and look at the internal bluetooth and see if it sees it. Good work on narrowing it down. Has it ever been worked on or opened up?

Oct 7, 2015 by mayer

i check the bluetooth internal and i see this : bluetooth status=turned on/bluetooth connected=yes/detectable= turned off

i don't know if it worked before because i bought this iMac second hand .....

Oct 8, 2015 by michel claes

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hi mayer,

thank you for your reply ...

I have also a extern bluetooth adapter and when i plug-in on one of the usb connection on the backside from my iMac the magic mouse works fine, only when the iMac get out from the sleep-mode the magic mouse don't work anymore, or i have to unplug the extern bluetooth adapter again and plug-in again the mouse work again and this is always repeat itself when the iMac go's in sleep-mode ....

So my opinion is that the mouse is not the problem but the problem is the bluetooth antenna inside the iMac?

regards

Michel — michel claes
Go under the Apple to about this Mac > more info > and look at the internal bluetooth and see if it sees it. Good work on narrowing it down. Has it ever been worked on or opened up? — mayer
i check the bluetooth internal and i see this : bluetooth status=turned on/bluetooth connected=yes/detectable= turned off

i don't know if it worked before because i bought this iMac second hand ..... — michel claes