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  • Bluetooth for R51

    From Mr.E@21:1/5 to All on Sat Oct 3 07:04:58 2015
    I have a R51 that came without bluetooth. What is the best way- replace
    modem board or use one of the bluetooth usb adapters- to get bluetooth capability. Am on XP right now but thinking of going to xubuntu or mint.
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  • From Computer Nerd Kev@21:1/5 to Mr.E on Sat Oct 3 23:00:59 2015
    Mr.E <Mr.E@totally.invalid> wrote:
    I have a R51 that came without bluetooth. What is the best way- replace
    modem board or use one of the bluetooth usb adapters- to get bluetooth capability. Am on XP right now but thinking of going to xubuntu or mint.

    Thinkwiki.org is a good source of info for Thinkpads, here's their page
    on the R51:
    http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Category:R51

    Their page on its Bluetooth adapter says it will work with the standard
    Linux Bluetooth drivers, so it should all work without having to install anything with most distros: http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/IBM_Integrated_Bluetooth_III_with_56K_Modem_(BMDC-2)

    Presumably the XP drivers must work OK, in which case it would probably be
    a good idea to go with the built-in adapter and at least save having to plug
    in a USB device all the time. That's assuming it's not too hard to get a
    hold of one.

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  • From Mr.E@21:1/5 to Computer Nerd Kev on Sun Oct 4 07:24:22 2015
    On Sat, 3 Oct 2015 23:00:59 +0000 (UTC), not@telling.you.invalid
    (Computer Nerd Kev) wrote:

    Mr.E <Mr.E@totally.invalid> wrote:
    I have a R51 that came without bluetooth. What is the best way- replace
    modem board or use one of the bluetooth usb adapters- to get bluetooth
    capability. Am on XP right now but thinking of going to xubuntu or mint.

    Thinkwiki.org is a good source of info for Thinkpads, here's their page
    on the R51:
    http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Category:R51

    Their page on its Bluetooth adapter says it will work with the standard
    Linux Bluetooth drivers, so it should all work without having to install >anything with most distros: >http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/IBM_Integrated_Bluetooth_III_with_56K_Modem_(BMDC-2)

    Presumably the XP drivers must work OK, in which case it would probably be
    a good idea to go with the built-in adapter and at least save having to plug >in a USB device all the time. That's assuming it's not too hard to get a
    hold of one.

    Thinkwiki indicates some bios problem that the type 2883 seems to have
    with the BMDC-2 modem that is used in other R51 Thinkpads so the usb may
    be the easiest alternative.
    Thanks for the thinkwiki link as it has answered several questions for
    me.
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    Mr.E

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