I’ve been having an intermittent (now fairly constant) issue since updating to Monterey months ago, where Bluetooth becomes disabled upon boot in Monterey. The on/off toggle doesn’t do anything. Reboots, NVRAM, and BIOS resets don’t fix it. The only thing that seems to work is physically removing and reinserting the PCI card. Once this is done, it’s typically enabled and works natively and flawlessly in Monterey, and will continue to work through shutdowns and reboots until it doesn’t again. Fenvi wifi has always worked flawlessly, and continues to work when the Bluetooth is disabled. I have no idea why this is occurring, but would love to be able to fix it. Does anyone know what might be going on?
Some more information:
Some more information:
- Fenvi T919 Wifi/Bluetooth card - ASRock X570 Taichi (internal Intel BT disabled in Bios)
- Issue occurs with custom USB mapping and generic USB map
- When BT works, everything works flawlessly and natively, without kexts. AirDrop, Universal Control, and Apple Watch Unlock all work.
- Wifi never stops working, even when BT is disabled.
- Fenvi BT is connected via USB header. I have tried different headers, and it doesn’t fix it. Reconnecting the USB header without removing the PCI card too doesn’t fix it.
- The only thing that I have found to re-enable the card natively, without additional kexts, is to remove and reinsert the Fenvi PCI card. It doesn’t matter if the USB header is reinserted. Everything works flawlessly after doing this, until it doesn’t for whatever reason.
- When Bluetooth works natively, one of the things that seems to de-enable it indefinitely is a power cut (unplugging the computer or turning off the PSU).
- This has occurred across months of OpenCore updates, so it isn’t a new config issue.
- Enabling the BlueToolFixup kext will enable BT without a PCI reinsertion, but MacOS sees it as a “third-party dongle” and it doesn’t work as well as natively (AppleWatch unlock won’t work). The kext shouldnt be necessary.
- The fact BlueToolFixup will re-enable BT, along with Wifi never stopping, tells me there is no physical issue with the Fenvi card, PCI port, or hardware.