Why I Have A Very Strong Dislike for Dell!

I fucking hate Dell as a company, after the Wireless-N card fiasco I am now finding out about the Dell Wireless Bluetooth Module 375 manufactured by Broadcom. Well recently I got a sweet Bluetooth headset from Skull Candy. The Alienware M17x R3 has been acting like a super piece of shit with my new headset. Here's a list of my grievances since the internet loves lists.
  1. It's super choppy and lags
  2. It randomly stops pairing
  3. It will not always sync with audio
The reason being is the Dell Wireless 375 module is throwing errors and lagging in requests. This would all be fine and dandy if I never upgraded a 4 yr old laptop to Windows 10. Dell has stopped supporting their 375 module and have not updated their drivers for Windows 10. It's pretty annoying how this is the 2nd hardware related issue I have found with Dell and they do nothing to rectify the problem. This time I can't replace hardware, I'd have to fix it somehow, which I will, or say fuck it and buy a Windows 10 compatible dongle.

BTHUSB Error in Windows System Event Log -
The Bluetooth driver expected an HCI event with a certain size but did not receive it.

A Kernel-PnP failure coming from the Hesh 2 when it failed to respond with the default Dell Wireless 375 driver.

There seems to be a workaround I'm about to test, through this guide here - http://dellwindowsreinstallationguide.com/dell-wireless-cards/ Why Dell couldn't get QA to maybe test this themselves is beyond me. A 4 yr old product is still not End-Of-Life, especially one that cost close to $2500.

That's the problem though, and what people like Linus Torvolds and RMS have sought out to remove in this world. It's a utopian way of thinking, to have true open source software.

**EDIT - Driver was installed, it vastly improved performance, but there is still choppiness and cutting off for prolonged periods of time. It might be some chatter from my location with a mixture of Laptops, Microwave, and Wireless-N/G signals coming from my router.

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