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    Internal Bluetooth Connector

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by lumberbunny, Oct 9, 2006.

  1. lumberbunny

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    Is the internal connection for the Bluetooth radio in Dell laptops just a USB connector? That is, could one just bastardize an RF dongle and cram it in that little Bluetooth slot? I'm getting so fed up with Bluetooth mice.
     
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    What's up with bluetooth mice? Do you use a bluetooth keyboard?

    I was kind of hoping to use a bluetooth keyboard.

    They are flaky?
     
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    My bt mouse works so well I never leave home without it.
    See sig for brand. BT is Dell installed and works well, only problem is it's a bit slow coming back after hibernate (two to three seconds).
     
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    Standby drives me crazy. I can't wake from Bluetooth, and yooper is right, the delay is awful. There is also some delay merely after the mouse has been idle. It's not a huge deal with a mouse, but I'd bet it would be really annoying on a keyboard.

    Anyway, can anyone answer my original question?
     
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    I know I saw somewhere where you can tell it to wake from BT, but right now I can't find it. I'm set to waking from BT with the mouse and it does work.
     
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    Please tell me how. That would be wonderful.

    And Leshii, I already looked through the docs and couldn't find a straight answer. You're right, though, it's something else. I opened it up and it's got like 10 pins. I still think that's a good idea, though: a small compartment with a USB port for a dongle. The compartment on the Dell's is too small for a whole dongle, but I was thinking I could have busted open one of those tiny Logitech dongles, had it turned out to be USB.

    EDIT: Found it yoop. Under Mouse Properties -> Bluetooth. It's not really the saving grace I had hoped for, though. As soon as the computer goes into standby, the Bluetooth brings it right back out again.
     
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    GREAT. I knew it was there somewhere. :)
     
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    If I let it go into Standby by idling for 20 minutes, the mouse still can't wake up the computer. If I force the computer to go into Standby, then the Bluetooth wakes it up immediately... and I was so excited.
     
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    Can you be more specific? Where's that option?
     
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    Control Panel -> Mouse -> Bluetooth, Allow this device to bring the computer out of stand by

    Let me know how it goes. Doesn't do jack for me.
     
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    There's no Bluetooth option under Mouse in CP, there's Bluetooth under CP but the option is not there. I can't find it in device manager under mouse either.
     
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    Do you have a bluetooth mouse installed? The option only comes up in the proprietary software install for my bt mouse.

    Try reinstalling your bt mouse drivers?
     
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    I do have a bluetooth mouse installed, the one in my sig. But, I didn't install the crappy setpoint though. I let windows detect it. Setpoint tends to screw things up for me, so I use windows generic driver. I don't need that feature if I have to install setpoint.
     
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