Gigabyte Z170N Gaming 5: No Bluetooth

[turboraketti]

Hello ninjas!

Just built myself a Mac Mini Deluxe with the Z170N Gaming 5 mother board. It says clearly in the Buyer's Guide that on-board Wifi will not work, but since I have no need for Wifi in this build that's just fine. However, the bluetooth should be recognised according to the Guide, but I can't get it to work. The bluetooth symbol isn't grayed out, but no devices can be detected. I also have a Thalmic daemon that yells "Bluetooth adapter not found".

Anyone got the on-board bluetooth on this mother board working (without buying that Broadcom replacement module, that is mentioned in the forum)?

The system report for Bluetooth is a bit fishy as it e.g. states an address of only zeroes. Inserting the BT system report below (sorry it's in Swedish, but I think you'll get the important parts).

  Version av Apple-programvara för Bluetooth:    5.0.2f4
  Maskinvara, funktioner och inställningar:
    Adress:                            00-00-00-00-00-00
    Bluetooth med låg energi stöds:    Nej
    Handoff stöds:                     Nej
    Instant Hotspot stöds:             Nej
    Tillverkare:                       Unknown
    Transport:                         USB
    Version av fast programvara:       0.0 (0.0)
    Bluetooth-status:                  På
    Upptäckbar:                        På
    Anslutningsbar:                    Ja
    Sök pekare automatiskt:            På
    Fjärrväckning:                     På
    Tillverkar-ID:                     0x8087
    Produkt-ID:                        0x0A2B
    HCI-version:                       1.0b (0x0)
    HCI-revision:                      0x00
    LMP-version:                       1.0b (0x0)
    LMP-underversion:                  0x00
    Sök tangentbord automatiskt:       På
  Tjänster:
    Fildelning via Bluetooth:
      Mapp som andra enheter kan bläddra i:  ~/Public
      När objekt tas emot:                   Ta emot alla utan varning
      Status:                                Aktiverad
    Bluetooth Filöverföring:
      Mapp för mottagna objekt:    ~/Downloads
      När andra objekt tas emot:   Spara till plats
      När objekt tas emot:         Ta emot alla utan varning
      Status:                      Aktiverad
    Bluetooth-internetdelning:
      Status:                      Avaktiverad
  Ingående serieportar:
    Bluetooth-Incoming-Port:
      RFCOMM-kanal:            3
      Kräver autentisering:    Nej

 

[brumie]

have you try to install these kext?
https://bitbucket.org/RehabMan/os-x-brcmpatchram

 

[turboraketti]

Aren't these only for the Broadcom chip? However, I tried to install them, but no change. Thanks for the suggestion though! Anything else I should try?

 

[BreBo]

@turboraketti, please update your profile (personal details) with your build (Motherboard, CPU and Graphics Card).

Profiles need to contain at least your primary system to assist others with helping you.

 

[turboraketti]

@turboraketti, please update your profile (personal details) with your build (Motherboard, CPU and Graphics Card).

Sorry, fixed it now.

 

[Samanator93]

Sorry, fixed it now.

How were you able to fix Bluetooth. Having the same problem with my new build 170 with Wi-Fi 6700k

Sam B

 

[turboraketti]

How were you able to fix Bluetooth. Having the same problem with my new build 170 with Wi-Fi 6700k

The only thing I have fixed is the personal details in my profile, as BreBo requested. Bluetooth is still not functioning. :'-(

 

[turboraketti]

Really no one that have tried to get the on-board bluetooth working on this mobo? Since it says in the description of Customac Mini Deluxe that "Please note that the included Intel m.2 card includes both Wi-Fi and Bluetooth but only the bluetooth features are available under macOS", I figured that at least someone had Bluetooth working once. Any hints welcome!

 

[turboraketti]

OK, just found this newer thread here on the forum. I guess I should just give in and buy that broadcom replacement card. I do think that the buyer's guide should be updated to reflect that the m.2 bt functionality is unreliable.