Question Cannot remove ANY bluetooth device from my PC

[pubert]

I recently upgraded my PC with a new motherboard. The new motherboard has bluetooth included, and the old one did not. On the old one, I used a Bluetooth-USB transmitter to pair my phone, mouse, headphones, etc. Now that I have a mobo with this capability built in, I'm trying to pair all my existing devices to the PC, but none of them will. My intuition tells me that the PC is recognizing the devices connected through the old transmitter (which I don't want to use anymore), and to remedy that, I should remove the devices and re-connect through the new motherboard. However, in the bluetooth settings page, I cannot remove the devices. I have watched several videos and read several guides on the "backup" ways of removing devices, but none have successfully removed a single device from my PC. This includes through device manager, control panel, restarting services, and other routes.

How do I proceed?

 

[rgd1101]

so you didn't do a fresh os install?

 

[pubert]

so you didn't do a fresh os install?

No. I just cloned the drive with my OS to a new drive. Should I do a clean install?

 

[DSzymborski]

No. I just cloned the drive with my OS to a new drive. Should I do a clean install?

Yes. This is one of the many types of things that happen when you cut corners and just slap in an old OS install into a new motherboard. Windows is not designed to be modular. It tries to compensate when people don't properly freshly install Windows on new hardware, but it frequently fails. Sometimes people won't even know something is wrong until mysterious FPS problems or an annoying driver error a year later.

 

[pubert]

Yes. This is one of the many types of things that happen when you cut corners and just slap in an old OS install into a new motherboard. Windows is not designed to be modular. It tries to compensate when people don't properly freshly install Windows on new hardware, but it frequently fails. Sometimes people won't even know something is wrong until mysterious FPS problems or an annoying driver error a year later.

Alright. Didn't think I was cutting any corners. But I see your point, starting the process now. I was hesitant because it's not only my first upgrade but never done a clean install before either. Thought it was a bigger deal but it's looking pretty easy. Do you recommend using the windows utility for doing so?

 

[pubert]

Yes. This is one of the many types of things that happen when you cut corners and just slap in an old OS install into a new motherboard. Windows is not designed to be modular. It tries to compensate when people don't properly freshly install Windows on new hardware, but it frequently fails. Sometimes people won't even know something is wrong until mysterious FPS problems or an annoying driver error a year later.

Solved with clean install. Thanks!