Bluetooth has completely disappeared

[Chaotic_Energy]

I use bluetooth everyday for my headphones on my pc and one day I wake up my computer and it's just gone? I hadn't done anything different prior or installed any new programs. I really don't want to have to reset my computer. I looked through the forums for a relevant post but the only one I found was this 

 but no one had solved it. That user is having very similar issues to me. I have tried reinstalling drivers, updating everything, restarting, booting from safe mode. plugging things in and out but I just can't get it to come back.

It's gone from settings and device manager completely.

(show hidden devices is on and I've scanned for hardware changes)

 

I have an R5 3600, and this motherboard https://www.newegg.com/asus-prime-b550m-a-wi-fi/p/N82E16813119316?Item=N82E16813119316

Edited March 4, 2022 by Chaotic_Energy

[Robchil]

BT is usually a part of wifi driver.. did you have any windows update latly? .. or update drivers? 

 

first i would check in bios if it's on. 

then download BT package from mainboard vendor and try to reinstall it. 

 

[ThatGuyErik]

I had this issue earlier today when I updated my BIOS I recommend to backup your BIOS settings and clearing your CMOS that fixed it for me.

[Chaotic_Energy]

6 hours ago, ThatGuyErik said:

I had this issue earlier today when I updated my BIOS I recommend to backup your BIOS settings and clearing your CMOS that fixed it for me.

what does clearing CMOS do? it seems dangerous!

[ThatGuyErik]

On 3/5/2022 at 3:33 AM, Chaotic_Energy said:

what does clearing CMOS do? it seems dangerous!

Clearing your CMOS isnt dangerous but ill link you a video to help you know what to do