My new ibm bluetooth card is not detected!

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Eric · #1 Post by **Eric** » Fri Jul 02, 2004 7:03 pm

I got the bluetooth modem with the fru provided by gman and installed it. However, under device manager, while I have a modem, the bluetooth dosen't appear. I can not figure out what the problem is. Anyone have any ideas (no devices with a ? mark either).
edit:
I noticed that in this post:
http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?t=674
somone said to be sure to get the origional bluetooth card, not the bluetooth II. I have a T41...is it possible the link gman provided was for the bluetooth II card and it is not compatable with my computer???
I used this fru: 91P7315

Nabeel · #2 Post by **Nabeel** » Fri Jul 02, 2004 7:59 pm

I'm not sure but I just have a question about that. Where does that card go? Does it replace the wireless card, or is there a slot for it that's emtpy? I have a T42

Humpa · #3 Post by **Humpa** » Fri Jul 02, 2004 8:07 pm

Nabeel, Bluetooth is on the modem CDC card

Eric, I'm not sure, but I think you just need to turn it on in Access Connections. At least I had to on my new T42 before I could see it.
This link for the T40 and Bluetooth seems to say the same thing:
http://lmhibm5.epfl.ch/intranet/Windows ... rview.html

I'm not sure about the different versions of the bluetooth, though. I'm sure someone knowledgable will answer.

Eric · #4 Post by **Eric** » Fri Jul 02, 2004 8:23 pm

LOL! wow...thank you so much. It was in access connections

I thought since it wasn't in the device manager I had a problem...but it turns out the computer can't even see it before it powers on. Thanks a million. BTW, for anyone whose interested, I had to install the bluetooth antenna too, and it is alot easier then you might think if you have the patience to do it slowly and carefully. A word of warning however. Everyone stresses to make sure you organize your screws as you take them out to make sure they go back in the right place...do this carefully! I did it, but by the time I was inside the LCD I hade like 30 screws laying around. To make a long story short, I swapped two screws, a shorter one for one slightly longer, and ended up going right through the palm rest!

Thanks again everyone!

epigram · #5 Post by **epigram** » Fri Jul 02, 2004 9:37 pm

Eric wrote:BTW, for anyone whose interested, I had to install the bluetooth antenna too, and it is alot easier then you might think if you have the patience to do it slowly and carefully. A word of warning however. Everyone stresses to make sure you organize your screws as you take them out to make sure they go back in the right place...do this carefully! I did it, but by the time I was inside the LCD I hade like 30 screws laying around. To make a long story short, I swapped two screws, a shorter one for one slightly longer, and ended up going right through the palm rest!
Thanks again everyone!

so you had a non-bluetooth model thinkpad and retrofitted it to work with bluetooth? what about the bluetooth LED?

Nabeel · #6 Post by **Nabeel** » Fri Jul 02, 2004 10:36 pm

Yeah, how much did it come out to be total with the replacement covers? Maybe I'll do that later on in the summer or something when I have more money.

So you take out the current modem card and put in the bluetooth+modem card?

Got a linky to the manual? I'm interested now..

Humpa · #7 Post by **Humpa** » Fri Jul 02, 2004 10:45 pm

http://www-3.ibm.com/pc/support/site.ws ... MIGR-46464
Not sure if there is an html doc on ibm's site, but it is in the maintenace manual pdf file, page 91 (I was curious earlier, and went looking for the replacement procedure

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G-Man · #8 Post by **G-Man** » Fri Jul 02, 2004 10:47 pm

The prices are for T42 (+shipping and tax):

Clear plate: about $12
Bluetooth antenna: $25
Bluetooth antenna tape: $1.90
IBM Integrated Bluetooth III with 56K Modem (BMDC-2): $65

>So you take out the current modem card and put in the bluetooth+modem card?

Yes.

>Got a linky to the manual?

Everything is in the Hardware Maintenance Manual.

Regards,
G-Man

G-Man · #9 Post by **G-Man** » Fri Jul 02, 2004 10:59 pm

Epigram,

The Bluetooth LED is already there, but since the non-BT Clear plate covers it, you need to change it to a Clear plate with BT symbol on it. Of course it's not necessary, the BT will work without it.

Regards,
G-Man

Chobits · #10 Post by **Chobits** » Sat Jul 03, 2004 2:06 am

Hi! maybe you could also go over here

http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?t=478

and it might help you out abit as it did for me

Cheers~

epigram · #11 Post by **epigram** » Sun Jul 04, 2004 8:13 am

thanks. am inspired to do the same to get a better excuse to purchase bluetooth peripherals...

epigram · #12 Post by **epigram** » Sun Jul 04, 2004 8:25 am

Humpa wrote:Nabeel, Bluetooth is on the modem CDC card

I'm not sure about the different versions of the bluetooth, though. I'm sure someone knowledgable will answer.

according to the HWM, "IBM integrated bluetooth with 56k modem" is for the T40/1, while the "IBM integrated bluetooth III with 56k modem" is for the T42.

My new ibm bluetooth card is not detected!

My new ibm bluetooth card is not detected!

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