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JoshAtPlugable
1
May 1, 2016
I have the VMB87M[L] from a drop about a year ago. I'm running Windows 10 (Insider Preview build 14332) and am running into an issue where when waking the computer from sleep, or rebooting, the keyboard says it's connected but then doesn't actually respond to typing.
I have the Plugable USB-BT4LE Bluetooth adapter using the Broadcom BCM20702 chipset and I tried installing the older drivers found on Lenovo's website (12.0.0.9050) as recommended by a previous post here (https://www.massdrop.com/buy/varmilo-vb87m-bluetooth/talk/329111) that supposedly resolved the issue... but it's not working for me. I also tried installing a fresh copy of Windows 10 on another computer that is not on the insider preview and could not get the keyboard to work properly there either. I've also tried installing the latest version of drivers direct from Broadcom to no avail. And lastly I tried the fix recommended on the VMB87 description page here to install the HP Broadcom drivers "12.0.1.695 Rev.A(27 Jul 2015)", again still broken.
Does anyone know of a current solution to resolve this issue? It seems several of us Varmilo users are hitting this issue.
I'd really like to continue using this board, but having to connect a USB keyboard just to log into Windows and then un-pair and re-pair the Varmilo every time isn't a viable solution.
Also going back to Windows 8.1 where I never had an issue is also not an option.
Thanks everyone!
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AntonyFarag
503
May 1, 2016
JoshAtPlugableyou see the power management tab on the first picture go there and make sure it can't be turned off.
JoshAtPlugable
1
May 1, 2016
AntonyFaragDoesn't help. With any version of the drivers.
antbrown1
4
May 1, 2016
JoshAtPlugableI think the solution that most people found was to go with the BATTOP USB dongle on Amazon. I went with that one from the beginning and I am on Windows 10 and have had zero issues. The link is below, and WOW I just noticed that I got the square version for $6.99 and now all of the sudden they went up almost $10.00 on the thing. What the heck?
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00IMALQ94/ref=twister_B00IMADJEO?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1
JoshAtPlugable
1
May 1, 2016
antbrown1Ah so it's some specific issue with Windows 10 and the Broadcom chipset. Looks like that one is using a CSR chipset. For $15 that would be an easy, though annoying solution. Seeing as I work for Plugable and have a Plugable Bluetooth dongle I obviously have a conflict of interest using a different brand. Ha! I'll give it a shot though and report back unless anyone else has a working solution for the Broadcom based adapters.
antbrown1
4
May 1, 2016
JoshAtPlugableLOL, I didn't even notice your username. If anyone asks you why you are using a BATTOP product, you can just say that you are: "Scouting the competition", lol. They have a round one which I haven't seen before that is like $6.00. Doesn't look to be much difference between the two other than the shape.
JoshAtPlugable
1
May 3, 2016
antbrown1OK. Got the Battop CSR based dongle today. Works like a charm using the built in Windows 10 Bluetooth driver stack. So this seems to be mostly a Broadcom chipset + this keyboard + Windows 10 issue.
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