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    Add Bluetooth to an Acer 5532?

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by silentivm, Mar 5, 2011.

  1. silentivm

    silentivm Notebook Guru

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    Hello,

    I have a laptop Acer 5532 which does not have Bluetooth. It, however, has a Bluetooth button (which does nothing) on the keyboard.

    I know that in some Acer laptops you can connect a Bluetooth module in the motherboard, I want to know if is this possible in this laptop?

    Thanks.
     
    silentivm, Mar 5, 2011
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  2. Full-English

    Full-English Notebook Deity

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    Looking at the Acer website, no bluetooth drivers are displayed for the 5532, which to me says the motherboard may not have support for bluetooth. Thats not to say it doesn't, but doesn't look good.

    Maybe another, easier and cheaper option would be to buy a USB bluetooth module?
     
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  3. silentivm

    silentivm Notebook Guru

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    This is what I will do, most likely.
     
    silentivm, Mar 5, 2011
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