Internal Bluetooth

[mbudden]

Is there a way to get Internal Bluetooth in the Mini 110's? I don't believe they come with them. I'd much rather have a Internal solution rather than a External solution.

[brotato]

There is one empty mini pci-e slot internally that you could use.

viewtopic.php?f=34&t=1732

You could also buy a combo wifi/bluetooth card to replace the stock one. For example:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 0332667550

[mbudden]

Thank you for the help, but I know about the empty slot. But didn't the original 1000's have the dual bluetooth/wifi cards? That's something that I'm working for that will work with this computer without having to do too much modding such as the BIOS etc.

[mbudden]

It seems to me that we have found the part number from HP but the problem is the part costs 62$. I was jumping around all over the internet to find the information. It looks like the part is the Azureware AW-BT252, which I can't find on eBay or anywhere like that. I have read that you can get them from ASUS but I don't know the price of it. I will be checking on that. It's separate from the free slot that we have, it's actually located right next to it. I will find out some more information.

[brotato]

Actually my Dell Studio XPS has a separate bluetooth Mini Pci-E card in it which I looked up the model number and found it on eBay for about $20. Its called the Dell TrueMobile 370. Ill pull it out of my notebook and try it in the mini tomorrow when I get home from work and let you guys know. It does require one antenna but it might work without it. I posted some pictures of the card.

[mbudden]

it looks to me like the Azureware's internal bluetooth is a no go due to the boards being different on both the 1000 and the 110 series...

this is where the bluetooth is installed internally on the Mini 1000
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this is the same area on the Mini 110 series.
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they are both tottally different. it looks like going with the Mini 1000 internal bluetooth option is a no go unless someone has a picture of a place where the bluetooth empty connector is on the Mini 110. I don't have the tools available to take mine apart or else I would be doing this myself. It looks like we will be going the Mini Pci-E route but then again I would like to use that for quite possibly Mobile Broadband or something ...

[brotato]

So I tried my Mini Pci-e bluetooth card in the mini 110 and it will not boot up with it in. Apparently you have to use a compatible and approved broadband card in that slot. I also do not see a connector on the motherboard that would work with the Mini 1000 bluetooth adapter.

[brotato]

I found another interesting fact. The laptop blocks any kind of mini pci-e card that isn't approved.

I tried a Wimax and another Wifi card in the extra slot and received the broadband card error. Then I tried them in the stock wifi mini pci-e slot and got another error.

Looks like we will have to hack the bios to allow 3rd party cards.

[mbudden]

Just what I had thought, it wouldn't work. The BIOS keeps it from allowing anything to go by... Also thanks for confirming that there isn't a slot for the internal bluetooth of the hp mini 1000. Looks like the only option we have is the Mini pci-e slot. Have you seen this video where he adds a 3G slot by adding a switch and tape up some pins?

http://jkkmobile.blogspot.com/2008/1...mini-1000.html

[brotato]

Just what I had thought, it wouldn't work. The BIOS keeps it from allowing anything to go by... Also thanks for confirming that there isn't a slot for the internal bluetooth of the hp mini 1000. Looks like the only option we have is the Mini pci-e slot. Have you seen this video where he adds a 3G slot by adding a switch and tape up some pins?

http://jkkmobile.blogspot.com/2008/1...mini-1000.html

I forgot about that. I had seen that a few months ago but I will go ahead and try it myself on the mini and let you know how it goes.