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Bluetooth stopped working after replacing the optical drive.

I recently replaced the optical drive with a second hdd all went well but for own bad luck the bluetooth stopped working, though the wireless is working just fine.

I tried SMC, PRAM reset couple of times, but still the bluetooth icon has a wavy line and when clicked it says Bluetooth: Not Available.

Do you think I need a replacement? Or it would come back to life sometime in the future?

Although the board is for both the bluetooth and the airport/wi-fi only the bluetooth seems to have the problem.

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Hi Dimitris, Just to find out a little bit more information, have you ruled out a software issue here? Is the result the same when booting to a known working Operating System?

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@wes — yes I did a clean install yesterday with 10.7 and still no bluetooth, then I found an old hdd with 10.6.8 but no luck either. I'm starting to feel that I have to buy a bluetooth board!

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Ive seen this issue before with another machine I worked on.

Check the cable that connects the wifi/bluetooth, look at the connector to make sure no pins were damaged.

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I took the macbook pro apart again, the pins looked fine to me. I checked the antenna cables also and all of the cables looked.

What's the best diagnosis it's the one of the cables or the board itself?

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You could disconnect the antenna wire from the logic bd. and using a Ohm meter (analog or digital) check the continuity end to end of the cable.

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Unfortunately i don't have Ohm meter. I might buy one! Thanks

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