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MP 1,1-5,1 Bluetooth not working on Monterey patch.

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HeadstrongZodiac

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Jul 5, 2023
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Hello all,

I recently successfully patched Monterey onto my MacPro 3,1. Everything including the Nvidia metal and wifi works fine, however the bluetooth icon has a little cross through it, and I can't turn it on in settings. Is there any way of fixing this i'm unaware of? I've tried doing an NVRAM reset already, so I don't know what could be the problem. I even uninstalled and reinstalled the root patches.

If anyone could help, it would be greatly appreciated.
 
The "supported" listing only mentions removing the bluetooth card to prevent panics. Nothing there about usability with a different bluetooth card. But, you aren't getting crashes, correct? Just doesn't work. So, I would suggest uninstall and reinstall the patches, without the card installed. Then, try the same card again. Maybe something different will happen.
 
DeltaMac said:
The "supported" listing only mentions removing the bluetooth card to prevent panics. Nothing there about usability with a different bluetooth card. But, you aren't getting crashes, correct? Just doesn't work. So, I would suggest uninstall and reinstall the patches, without the card installed. Then, try the same card again. Maybe something different will happen.
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Nope, no crashes and wifi works just fine. I'd hate to wait to patch it again just for the same results, though.
 
Does your Mac recognize that the bluetooth hardware is installed (check in System Information, Bluetooth tab.)
Have you tried reseating the bluetooth card?
 
DeltaMac said:
Does your Mac recognize that the bluetooth hardware is installed (check in System Information, Bluetooth tab.)
Have you tried reseating the bluetooth card?
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I have not checked to see if it has or not, I will now.

Several others have the same problem as me and several don't, so I'll update with information after I check, and after I reseat the card.
 
DeltaMac said:
Does your Mac recognize that the bluetooth hardware is installed (check in System Information, Bluetooth tab.)
Have you tried reseating the bluetooth card?
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Another issue I found was that when I plug in my wired keyboard it works just fine, but a wired mouse has to be plugged into a USB 2.0 bus hub to work properly.
 
Also what makes this even weirder is the fact that upon initial boot when OCLO brings up the EFI screen before booting, my magic mouse works fine. But as soon as I boot into the main desktop, it stops working.
 
HeadstrongZodiac said:
Also what makes this even weirder is the fact that upon initial boot when OCLO brings up the EFI screen before booting, my magic mouse works fine. But as soon as I boot into the main desktop, it stops working.
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Also, this pops up.

Bluetooth Controller:
Address: NULL
State:Off
Discoverable:Off

And then some firmware stuff under it.
 
So, your logic board sees, and can use the bluetooth card at boot (hardware should all be good, and the hardware/POST/boot process is working to use bluetooth on boot-- then when the system boots to the desktop, then bluetooth is gone (or just ignored)
So, it's a software issue, a driver. Either the system that you are booting to, or the OCLP patch is messed up.

What version of OCLP are you currently using?
 
DeltaMac said:
So, your logic board sees, and can use the bluetooth card at boot (hardware should all be good, and the hardware/POST/boot process is working to use bluetooth on boot-- then when the system boots to the desktop, then bluetooth is gone (or just ignored)
So, it's a software issue, a driver. Either the system that you are booting to, or the OCLP patch is messed up.

What version of OCLP are you currently using?
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The most recent version of OCLP is what I used to patch it.
 
Current version of OCLP, at the moment, is 2.1.2, but, on a couple of older Macs that I have,
I also use the version 2.2.0 (Nightly), which is a test build. It changes more often than release build.

Any chance that you are using that nightly version?
 
Not sure if this is still the case, but when I originally started using OCLP on my 3,1 a couple years ago, I believe the correct procedure was to remove the original Bluetooth card as mentioned to prevent panics. In order to have working Bluetooth you needed to then get a get a combo WiFi/Bluetooth card to replace the original WiFi card).

If that is still the route to go, you'll need two things – a compatible WiFi/BT card and a 52-Pin Mini PCI-E Express Adapter (which the WiFi/BT card is installed onto). The WiFi/BT card I chose was Apple part number 653-0014. I believe it uses the Broadcom BCM94360CD chip.

The mini PCI-E adapter I used is no longer available from where I got it, but here's what the description was – "Deal4GO Mini PCI-E Express Adapter Converter 52-Pin Mini PCI-E Card for Broadcom BCM94360CD BCM943602CS BCM94360CS2 BCM94331CD BCM943224P". (See photo of adapter attached).

Note that there used to be two kinds of mini PCI-E cards for this. Note that you DO NOT need the card that includes a USB data cable. That version is for 4,1 and 5,1 machines.

There are instructions/videos out there that you can search for. Pretty simple except for how difficult it can be to snap the antenna wires to the card. There were also some varying suggestions on which is the correct port on the card to attach the Bluetooth antenna to, so maybe look for multiple sources on that.

Although all that said, if the WiFi card was already updated to a WiFi/BT one, and the old Bluetooth card is still installed, maybe the problem is just a conflict between the two and removing the original BT card will cure the issue.

And, finally, before I decided to put the WiFi/BT card in, I considered just using a USB Bluetooth adapter. Supposedly the Hideez adapter is compatible with newer versions of MacOS, but you'd want to confirm that yourself.

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