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    Internal Bluetooth in v2405, possible?

    Discussion in 'HP' started by 88elite88, Jan 24, 2006.

  1. 88elite88

    88elite88 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hello people,

    I own V2405US with sempron 3000+ processor and as you know I did not customize any bluetooth when I bought it, and now thinking of having one in which internal one will be nice. (since I hate to see the dongle poping out from my lappy's USB.
    is this can be done? is there any pci like bluetooth internal for laptop?

    any opinions will be appreciated, thank you.
     
    88elite88, Jan 24, 2006
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    If you can get HP to sell you the Bluetooth module at a tolerable price then in theory it can be done. The service guide documents the procedure. In practice I haven't heard from anyone who's tried it. See http://partsurfer.hp.com to check price and availability.
     
    brianstretch, Jan 24, 2006
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    chinna_n Notebook Deity NBR Reviewer

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    or else you can buy one of those PCMCIA bluetooth cards which sits flush into slot.
     
    chinna_n, Jan 24, 2006
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    It is mini pci slot, any mini pci card that has wireless and bluetooth should do the trick.
     
    bdebde, Jan 25, 2006
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    fill2k Notebook Consultant

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    I don't think so. It's been known that HP/Compaq has hardcoded the list of Mini PCI cards in the BIOS. Basically, you can't just purchase any third party mini-pci cards and expect to work. You have to get the HP/Compaq parts for it to work with the BIOS.

    I don't have first hand experience with plugging mini-pci cards in HPs/Compaqs. However, I would love for someone to try it, and prove the above correct or wrong.
     
    fill2k, Jan 25, 2006
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    Plus HP uses internal USB Bluetooth modules, which made it easy to get Bluetooth working under Linux btw. They only use the miniPCI slot for WiFi.

    fill2k is correct about BIOS whitelist. I found out about it the hard way. HP's documented reason for it is that the FCC made them do it, never mind that nobody else does. AFAIK it's still there.
     
    brianstretch, Jan 25, 2006
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    Thank you guys, for replying my thread..

    so what this is actually coming to, I cannot add that PCI bluetooth think? or I can but only can be done if I order it tru HP? if so could you tell me the order number or part number and how much can I buy that from hp?
     
    88elite88, Jan 25, 2006
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    fill2k, Jan 25, 2006
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