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    Bluetooth on S560?

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by Valkyrie, Apr 4, 2006.

  1. Valkyrie

    Valkyrie Notebook Consultant

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    I was looking at my device manager, with the view hidden devices checked.
    I saw the bluetooth tab, and if I expand it, it show "Bluetooth RFCOMM from Toshiba".
    The bluetooth is also shown in the network adapter: "Bluetooth Personal Area Network from Toshiba - Deterministic Network Enhancer Miniport" and "Bluetooth Personal Area Network from Toshiba - Packet Scheduler Miniport".

    I wonder if anyone know what they are? The properties say the device is working properly.

    Oh, and the S560 isn't supposed to be bluetooth capable.
    Thanks!
     
    Valkyrie, Apr 4, 2006
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  2. jayrhee

    jayrhee Notebook Consultant

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    I did a scan and saw that too. Does the s560 have bluetooth?
     
    jayrhee, Apr 4, 2006
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    pshady Notebook Enthusiast

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    probably just the software device driver left from the OEM builds that Sony uses for all S-series laptops. On the S580 you can get BT via customized system. The S560 (which is also what I have), unfortunately, does not have BT. No hardware means that the driver is useless.

    There are people who have hacked their s-series and installed internal BT. it voids your warranty and is not easy to do. You can search for it in this forum.

    mike
    www.mwang.org
     
    pshady, Apr 4, 2006
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    SonyJMR Newbie

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    I have done it for a few people and it is not that hard. It helps if you have opened up notebooks before. I you do add BT make sure you get the BT 2.0 + EDR. Well worth it in my mind. I could not live with a notebook without BT after using it a lot on two notebooks now.

    John
     
    SonyJMR, Apr 5, 2006
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