Does anyone know if its easy to add bluetooth support to a Dell Mini 10v 1011 ? I dont really want to have an external USB stick and would prefer to just pop the back off and add an internal card ??
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Commander Wolf can i haz broadwell?
It doesn't seem to be as easy as just "popping off the back", but there does seem to be a slot in which you can add that external card:
http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/ins10v/en/sm/btooth.htm#wp1181632
It's a proprietary device, though. Make sure you get the right thing for the ins10v. -
Hmm seems like a lot of work, how about using one of these two in one cards that have WiFi and Bluetooth ?
I have just discoevred this on ebay:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170414318636&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT
what slots does the 10v 1011 have ?
what kind & kind of network card will it have at the moment?
EDIT:
Just checked and according to this:
http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/ins10v/en/sm/minicard.htm#wp1181613
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/DELL-Bluetoot...K_Computing_Networking_SM?hash=item2a01b3d0b7
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/New-Dell-Wire...K_Computing_Networking_SM?hash=item3ca7097a9a -
Commander Wolf can i haz broadwell?
You should take a look and see if the connector for that second slot actually exists. I know that for the Mini 9 and for early versions of the Mini 10, the connector for second mini-card slot wasn't soldered to the motherboard if you didn't buy a WWAN card or something else for the slot. Dunno if they're still doing that for the 10v.
But yeah, if the connector is actually there, there's probably no reason the mini-card route won't work. -
Decided to go for the proper thing in the end so just ordered one of these:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170421838798&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT
Dell Mini 10v 1011 - adding bluetooth
Discussion in 'Dell' started by mark.carline, Dec 7, 2009.