rlw6534
Headphoneus Supremus
The latest BT drivers for your Intel AX200: https://www.intel.com/content/www/u...-bluetooth-for-windows-10-and-windows-11.html
He already has the latest BT drivers (22.150.0.6) from Intel.
The latest BT drivers for your Intel AX200: https://www.intel.com/content/www/u...-bluetooth-for-windows-10-and-windows-11.html
He already has the latest BT drivers (22.150.0.6) from Intel.
Do you think he would be better off to use the HP drivers feature wise? The Intel one's are generic.
Thank you, I have already seen that option on the web. The problem is, I do not have "Parameters" in my Registry. Do you mean that I should create that entry and then also create the entry "BluetoothAacEnable"? Because now it is not there.Your can supposedly disable AAC in Windows with this registry entry:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\BthA2dp\Parameters]
"BluetoothAacEnable"=dword:00000000
You are welcome, happy for your support!Glad to help.
Based on the previous screenshots, it looks like APTx is enabled and available on your laptop. As @rlw6534 posted, the area to focus on is your device and not Windows.
Windows Optional updates are usually targeted fixes that don't need to be applied universally for security or functional enhancement. The generally followed rule for Optional Updates is to not install them unless there is a specific problem you are having that the optional update addresses.
The exception for many is the BIOS update for your system. It may enable other features, possibly including BT. That said, I wouldn't update BIOS until you do 2 things:
- Try everything else discussed in this thread
- Take a full backup of your system and make sure that the backup is good (try and restore a test file). While BIOS updates are 99.x% dramaless, it can brick your system if interrupted.
You are welcome, happy for your support!
Few questions:
1) Are the optional updates installing previous versions of the drivers? (most probably since the system is already up to date, right?)
2) Very important question about the BIOS! My BIOS is up to date. Will the optional update install a previous BIOS version or a newer one?
My BIOS version is F.04
- The optional updates are usually newer than the general release, though not always. Specific fixes (optional updates) may not get updated. The optional updates in your screenshot have a version number - compare that to the installed driver to see which is newer
- Usually, a down revision version of BIOS is not available under Optional Updates. Are you sure your BIOS firmware is 15.3.0 or greater? Go to a command prompt and run "wmic bios get smbiosbiosversion" which will return the currently installed version. I would not downgrade BIOS/firmware unless I absolutely knew it would solve the issue, as it could reintroduce issues resolved by newer BIOS/firmware versions
My BIOS version is F.04
Should I proceed with the optional firmware installation then?
I booted into the BIOS but it says the same, F.04Unfortunately, I'm not familiar enough with HP's internal BIOS naming conventions to translate between the version in the response and what's showing in Optional Updates. You may have to boot into the BIOS to get the number related to the sequence the updates use.
All that said, I would save the BIOS update as a last resort. Bluetooth Tweaker should be able to display information about your Windows machine - do you see any APTx support there? Unfortunately, I don't have any APTx devices handy to see specifically what should be reported by Windows when it connects.
I would focus on the BT device and how to set it to request APTx from Windows. Are you on the latest firmware for the utws5?
There is also a FiiO employee who posts here and is fairly technical. Might want to ask him/her
I booted into the BIOS but it says the same, F.04
I have selected to install only the optional firmware update from within Windows Optional Updates. After the firmware installation, without rebooting as it did not ask me to, I've checked for updates and immediately it installed the majority of the rest of the optional updates. Then it asked me to reboot. After that I checked in the Device Manager and my System Firmware is up to date now. What I cannot understand is how/why both Windows Update and HP Support Assistant were telling me, I am up to date all this time!
- My UTWS5 still runs on AAC.
- Not sure how Bluetooth Tweaker works, bought it last night, but I do not think it shows which codecs are available on Windows. It shows all the available codecs on the headset and then what Windows selects to use.
- Wish FiiO would/could(?) respond to such queries but I seriously doubt it.... I will post a specific question on the UTWS thread, though
Thank you
I booted into the BIOS but it says the same, F.04
I have selected to install only the optional firmware update from within Windows Optional Updates. After the firmware installation, without rebooting as it did not ask me to, I've checked for updates and immediately it installed the majority of the rest of the optional updates. Then it asked me to reboot. After that I checked in the Device Manager and my System Firmware is up to date now. What I cannot understand is how/why both Windows Update and HP Support Assistant were telling me, I am up to date all this time!
- My UTWS5 still runs on AAC.
- Not sure how Bluetooth Tweaker works, bought it last night, but I do not think it shows which codecs are available on Windows. It shows all the available codecs on the headset and then what Windows selects to use.
- Wish FiiO would/could(?) respond to such queries but I seriously doubt it.... I will post a specific question on the UTWS thread, though
Thank you
Windows 10 and 11 have APTx and no LDAC and BT support sucks.