Wanting Bluetooth on my x61....Is it possble?

I wanted to know if its possible to add bluetooth to my x61 even after i had asked for no bluetooth with my order. I heard its possible to eventually play games with the ps3 bluetooth controller. And not to mention the uses of bluetooth with the laptop.

So im curious..do i need to send the laptop back to lenovo? Or can i get a chip part and just install it myself ?

 

Hmm, not really sure. Why not use the card slot? It'll even feel better, rather than being empty.

 

I am pretty sure that you can buy the card and install it yourself.

 

I believe the Bluetooth card is a Bluetooth/Modem combo card. Call Lenovo and see if you can order one from them.

 

Hey Joe... yesterday I was browsing eBay for a sleeve for my X61 and found this:

http://cgi.ebay.com/IBM-ThinkPad-X60-X60S-X61-X61S-Bluetooth-2-0-BDC2-Card_W0QQitemZ260145863340QQihZ016QQcategoryZ31534QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQcmdZViewItem

A little expensive for my taste but hope it helps...

 

yipes...im a dork...i should of just taken the bluetooth for 30 dollars extra

thanx guys

 

Yes, It would have been cheaper to upgrade to BT when you ordered the machine.

 

http://kaanza.com/Shopping/ProductDetail.asp?Productid=497312

$16 for the same part, new.

 

You will also need the LCD cable assembly with bluetooth.

 

Weird making two different cable-assemblys with the only difference beeing a tiny socket.

The BT-cable (91P6971) were really expensive $30+, so I guess it's not worth it unless you really want internal bluetooth.

 

hate beating this subject again. So there are two types of cables, BT and non-BT support, right? I will have to pop open my LCD, but if anyone tried to upgrade their X61 to BT, please let me know. I am hoping it's a standard LCD cable that could support BT.

Many thanks

 

i dont think my t61 modem/bluetooth card combo has a cable that runs to the lcd.

 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/kenming_wang/984453490/

the modem card (assuming its combo'ed with bluetooth) is to the left of the wifi card which has 3 cables that run to the LCD.

edit: nevermind i thought you had a t61. not sure about the x61. but I am pretty sure it cant be too off

 

You can just buy a USB bluetooth adapter which saves you having to open up your system and you can find them pretty cheap

 

For USB Bluetooth, the best one I have seen is a little Kensington that just barely sticks out of the port, almost as small as the Logitech Nano mouse adapter. I used it on my work laptop and iMac and it works great. I like the internal ones better, but that one is almost as good, as long as you can spare the USB port.

 

Here is another bluetooth option

http://www.newtonperipherals.com/mogo_dapter.html


If you want to spend any less you can get this for 11 bucks:
http://www.chinavasion.com/product_info.php/pName/micro-bluetooth-dongle/

....I know on the T6x' series the Bluetooth adapter is locatet on the bezel, On the older X series (i.e. X41) the bluetooth card sat on the motherboard and was as easy to remove as the wifi card. You should probably take a look at the hardware repair manual and see where exactly the bluetooth card is located....If its on the motherboard it would be very easy to install (very similar to a RAM install). Also beware that some thinkpads have a propensity to display the UNATHOURIZED CARD error on bootup. I think this has been fixed with the latest crop of Thinkpads, but I am not sure. I know that my T60P is very sensitive to replacing any of the internal card with different ones. You might have to do a bios hack.

 

That is the one that I have. It works pretty good. The only negative is that it has the Toshiba stack which isn't as good as others, so I just use the default drivers.