Bluetooth Unavailable in 10.8.4 on 2011 iMac, any solutions?

I did a restart on my iMac today and upon restart I had the squiggly line through the bluetooth icon and no bluetooth in the system preferences. Tried SMC reset, PRAM reset. Nothing works. If it's a hardware issue, can i replace the bluetooth componet myself?

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