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can i add 'integrated' bluetooth after-market?

Posted: Fri Dec 14, 2007 7:06 pm
by goodmami
I got an x61t back in september, and I didn't add the integrated bluetooth option. Is it possible to purchase this now (ie. is it a pluggable module)? Or do I have to get a USB bluetooth adapter?

thanks

Posted: Fri Dec 14, 2007 7:18 pm
by Harryc
It is a pluggable adapter..

Bluetooth Daughter Card (BDC-2) FRU 39T0497

Bluetooth Cable FRU 93P4371

Posted: Fri Dec 14, 2007 8:08 pm
by goodmami
thanks for the quick response. After googling that part number, I actually found another post on forum.thinkpads.com about this (funny I couldn't find it through the site's built-in search).

So this is installed behind the lcd? While I'm not afraid to open it up, i'd rather not. I wonder if it's possible to have an authorized service provider do the installation (if so how much?). And if it's too expensive, would it void the warranty if I try to do it myself?

Posted: Fri Dec 14, 2007 8:22 pm
by Harryc
goodmami wrote: And if it's too expensive, would it void the warranty if I try to do it myself?
Only if you break something :)

Posted: Fri Dec 14, 2007 8:32 pm
by EOMtp
goodmami wrote:I got an x61t back in september, and I didn't add the integrated bluetooth option. ... So this is installed behind the lcd?
On the X61T, the Bluetooth adapter (FRU #39T0497) is located under the keyboard, connected to the motherboard via a short zig-zag flat cable -- nothing to do with the LCD panel.

It is in the X60/s and X61/s units that the Bluetooth adapter is located in the bottom of the LCD panel enclosure, and where one must make certain that the LCD cable is the kind that has a connector for it.

Posted: Fri Dec 14, 2007 8:54 pm
by goodmami
oh sweet, thanks EOMtp. That sounds a lot easier than removing the LCD. (hopefully it IS easier, too...)

Posted: Sat Dec 15, 2007 12:46 am
by short101
My old R40 had it under the keyboard as well, hope your is the same. I guess the hardware manual should give some idea.