I just finished building a new PC and my motherboard has built-in Bluetooth and Wi-Fi. After setting everything up and installing Windows 11 with some necessary drivers, I tried to pair my Bluetooth headphones, but they won't show up. My computer can't find any Bluetooth devices at all. I even attempted to pair my phone, but that didn't work either. I suspected it might be a driver issue, so I went to Gigabyte's official site and downloaded the correct Realtek Bluetooth drivers. Still, nothing changed. I tried removing all Bluetooth drivers, but Windows keeps replacing them with generic Microsoft ones. I checked the BIOS settings to see if Bluetooth was disabled, but there wasn't even a toggle option for it. In desperation, I used an old Bluetooth dongle, but Windows couldn't find drivers for that either. I'm using a Gigabyte Gaming B650M Plus Wi-Fi revision 1.1, and I'm really stuck here. Can anyone help?
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Make sure you're installing the right driver version. The support site has two versions, 8851 and 8852. You should be using the one that matches your motherboard's revision number, which you mentioned is 1.1. Double-check that you downloaded the correct one.
Before diving deeper, have you considered resetting the BIOS? Sometimes restoring default settings can fix things like Bluetooth not initializing properly. Just make sure to back up any important data first!
I did use the specific driver for rev. 1.1. I'm not sure what's going wrong.