A technician has installed a PCIe x1 Wi-Fi/Bluetooth combo card in a Windows 11 desktop PC. The system connects to Wi-Fi without issue, but Device Manager does not list a Bluetooth adapter and the Bluetooth toggle is missing from Settings. Which of the following should the technician do NEXT to enable Bluetooth functionality?
Move the combo card to the PCIe x16 graphics slot to provide more lanes
Install the manufacturer's Bluetooth driver package for the combo card
Replace the CMOS battery to clear any firmware settings
Windows may load a generic WLAN driver automatically, but many combo cards require a separate Bluetooth driver package. Installing the vendor-supplied Bluetooth driver (or using Windows Update to obtain it) will create the Bluetooth radio entry in Device Manager and allow the OS to activate the radio. Replacing the CMOS battery or disabling Secure Boot will not affect Bluetooth, and changing PCIe slots will not help until the correct driver is installed.
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