CF Bluetooth card in CF slot of X30?

[charlier1226]

DOes the Compact Flash slot of the X30 support network cards or bluetooth cards, or only memory cards? I tried to use my CF Bluetooth card (belkin) in that slot, and it only recognizes it as a "generic CF card" and therefore wont load the drivers for bluetooth networking.

[KillBill]

This is weird, it is "supposed" to be recognized ...Im sure this is a some sort of software problem. A lot of PDA's use bluetooth cards via CF slot. I was actually thinking about getting CF bluetooth yesterday for my X22 ... Does the CF card stick out a lot from the side?

Any idea why its not working .. anybody?

[charlier1226]

No, the Belkin card only sticks out around 1/4". But I can't get it recognized.

[KillBill]

this forum is dead these days ...

here is a light of hope for you: http://www.mikebrent.org/2006/01/07/bel ... f8t006-pc/

btw, are you running XP home?

No, the Belkin card only sticks out around 1/4". But I can't get it recognized.

[charlier1226]

I'm running XP Professional with SP2. I read somewhere that SP2 has native drivers for bluetooth that might be interfering with the Belkin ones, but it doesn't seem to recognize it as a Belkin bluetooth card anyway, just a "generic CF card".

[KillBill]

check out belkin's web site they may have updated drivers .. search google, im sure you are not the first one to insert bluetooth card in the CF slot of the X2X series...

I'm running XP Professional with SP2. I read somewhere that SP2 has native drivers for bluetooth that might be interfering with the Belkin ones, but it doesn't seem to recognize it as a Belkin bluetooth card anyway, just a "generic CF card".

[charlier1226]

Well, I got an answer from Belkin.....Apparently the model I have can ONLY be used in a PDA (even though the model number is the same as the one that comes with a PCMCIA adaptor) not in a PC.