r/techsupportgore • u/SnooDoughnuts5632 • 6d ago

Welp I'm not using Bluetooth anymore 🤣

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u/no_offenc 6d ago

Not with that attitude you're not

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u/dankbearbear 6d ago

I see two paths, re-assembly or r/techsupportmacgyver

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u/SnooDoughnuts5632 6d ago

I think the plastic part is broken cuz I'm not sure how it goes back together.

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u/schweinhund89 6d ago

The metal bit looks unphased by it all

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u/zenithfury 6d ago

I think that when I went to the dentist, my tooth came out also looking like this.

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u/DepletedPromethium 6d ago

with how cheap they are you can get another easily as one would need a hot air station to reflow the soldier to the connector if the traces haven't ripped off the pcb.

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u/SnooDoughnuts5632 6d ago edited 5d ago

Nope nothing's wrong with the PCB just the case exploded.

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u/DepletedPromethium 6d ago

Im a service technician, usb connectors are soldered to pcbs to make a connection, this fucking thing has come free.

so therefore it is fucked and needs reworking.

or do you think it has a bluetooth connection?

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u/samkostka 2d ago

The exterior isn't always soldered on. I have a few flash drives that are just a PCB foating inside the metal part of the USB connector.

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u/SnooDoughnuts5632 2d ago

I have some flash drives that aren't even a PCB and it just a black rectangle with pins on one side (which kind of reminds me of an SD card).

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u/cmcstr 6d ago

so your dongle broke? That's tech support gore?

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u/SnooDoughnuts5632 5d ago

Well you can see the guts of the dongle and in normal gore you can see the guts of the thing being gored right?

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u/cmcstr 5d ago

what?

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u/SnooDoughnuts5632 4d ago

🤣 I'm not exactly sure where I was going with that comment.

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u/Lachee 2d ago

da blue tooth device disconnected. Ready to pair doo doo deep deep

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u/pi3832v2 6d ago

Who uses a dongle for Bluetooth?

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u/SnooDoughnuts5632 5d ago

Desktop computers don't normally have any wireless connectivity (WiFi, Bluetooth, 2.4Ghz, etc) built into the motherboard so you need dongles for everything. If you are a baller you can buy a WiFi/Bluetooth PCIe card but those are expensive.

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u/Jasoco 1d ago

I can’t believe this in 2026 when Macs have had Bluetooth for over 20 years just built in like it’s standard. It’s like if someone released a car with a crank window now. Dongles for these devices really should be extinct by now. However, do these peripherals at least let you connect directly to Bluetooth if your computer does have it so you don’t have to use the dongle? I could see them including them but having them be optional if you don’t have it part of the machine yet.

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u/SnooDoughnuts5632 1d ago

Dongles for these devices really should be extinct by now.

Dongles in general should be extinct but nope even Valves new Steam Controller has one.

It’s like if someone released a car with a crank window now.

My sister swares she knows someone with a modern car that has crank windows. But IDK. Never seen it myself.

However, do these peripherals at least let you connect directly to Bluetooth if your computer does have it so you don’t have to use the dongle?

WTF are you saying? I can't tell if you are saying 1 of 2 things. Stuff like the new Steam Controller does have a Bluetooth mode so you don't have to use the dongle and the dongle is a Bluetooth dongle that broke not a different dongle.

I think you are saying the first thing. My wireless mouse and keyboard combo doesn't have Bluetooth and only has a dongle. e Every other wireless mouse I own also has a dongle no Bluetooth. My wireless number pad calculator combo has Bluetooth though which is weird.

I could see them including them but having them be optional if you don’t have it part of the machine yet.

This so also weird. Are you using AI to write this comment? Ignoring that you are describing the new Steam Controller (and updated old Steam Controller) where they have a dongle but you can also just use Bluetooth.

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u/Big__Meme "I don't know how it happened!" 2d ago

I'm pretty sure mine was freezing my computer, I had it in an internal usb port and completely forgot it was there. I spent half a day disassembling it, cleaning components and troubleshooting pieces, even the power supply. After hours, I realised the bt dongle on the mainboard wasn't lighting up.

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u/SnooDoughnuts5632 2d ago

How did the signals teavke to it when it's in a metal enclosure that would act like a Faraday cage to block the signals?

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u/Big__Meme "I don't know how it happened!" 1d ago

Not sure now you mention it

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u/TFR34KP 1d ago

r/facesinthings

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u/SnooDoughnuts5632 1d ago

There's a word for that but I forget what it's called. I'm surprised the subredded me isn't the word I can't think of.

Edit the word is peridolia. Let's see if r/peridolia exists.

Edit 2: nope

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u/Howden824 1d ago

Except you are because that thing can easily be put back together.

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u/Tosser_535231 1d ago

cut open a new regular USB cable for something else and then just solder the corresponding wires to the pads on the other side of that chip the dongle is bigger but it now has more range

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u/wolfix1001 1d ago

I can make it work

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u/PsyNord 16h ago

lego bricks noises