X41 Bluetooth Antenna

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Orbitz · #1 Post by **Orbitz** » Tue Sep 13, 2005 12:03 pm

Anyone know wich X41's have the bluetooth antenna installed allready..or how I go about finding out?

Yotam · #2 Post by **Yotam** » Tue Sep 13, 2005 2:16 pm

You can see tabook here and look for all notebooks specs.

X41 models that have BT are all models that the last digit before the two letters is 6 (like 2525-6NU).

mrdeucie · #3 Post by **mrdeucie** » Tue Sep 13, 2005 4:30 pm

Thanks for the clarification on the number 6. I was looking through the specs on a 2525-6HU on the education site and it didn't seem to list Bluetooth as a feature, wonder why it was omitted. It clearly states in the tabook that the 2525-6HU does come with bluetooth though.

roblim · #4 Post by **roblim** » Tue Sep 13, 2005 5:20 pm

if you are asking about just the antenna then the answer is that the antenna is not installed unless the thinkpad was assembled at the factory w/ a bluetooth/modem card.

Orbitz · #5 Post by **Orbitz** » Tue Sep 13, 2005 10:13 pm

Hmm..so it is is different then the X40's then...because there are certain models that were assembled with the antenna installed but without the card...and sold as being without BT?

roblim · #6 Post by **roblim** » Wed Sep 14, 2005 5:32 am

I am not aware of any X40s being sold w/ bluetooth antennas installed but w/o cards. Bluetooth equipped thinkpads actually have 3 parts-- an antenna, bluetooth/modem card, and appropriate clear plates (just stickers for the inside and outside of the case). If an x series shipped w/ an antenna but no card then would it have clear plates showing bluetooth even though that computer didnt have it? that would be a bit odd... I just dont think ibm made thinkpads w/ antennas that were left unconnected. but i certainly could be wrong about this.

BTW, i added bluetooth to an x41 and i didnt mount the antenna behind the lcd. bluetooth works well if you just tuck the antenna underneath the keyboard.

mrdeucie · #7 Post by **mrdeucie** » Wed Sep 14, 2005 8:31 am

I thought I had also read on this forum that there were cases where a thinkpad did have the bluetooth antenna installed but did not have the modem itself installed.

Orbitz · #8 Post by **Orbitz** » Wed Sep 14, 2005 9:10 am

Yes...there are models that have the antenna factory installed but do not have the modem or clear plate installed. I imagine the 41's are the same.

adamr · #9 Post by **adamr** » Thu Sep 15, 2005 12:31 pm

For those who are interested, here's a pretty extensive thread on how to accomplish Bluetooth upgrades:

http://www.tabletpcbuzz.com/forum/topic ... C_ID=26888

X41 Bluetooth Antenna

X41 Bluetooth Antenna

Thread on how to install Bluetooth afterwards

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