[ltp] New bluetooth modules for older (T42/T43) Notebooks?

[Bill Andrus]

I picked up a new Lenovo/IBM Bluetooth MODEM for my T42 that has 2.0+EDR
capability, 33 meters and 3 MHz data rates, and it pairs up with my T60 and
Tilt just fine, blasting files and updates, A2DP and Stereo Handsfree
profile connections, the whole thing.   Uses same BT antenna as its old
card, definitely not a PCI Express card either.  FRU 91P7319 or BMDC200B,
works on nearly the entire Thinkpad family that supports V.92 MODEM with
integrated Bluetooth.   eBay has with BT antenna for ~US$35 or less.
                                                                            
                                                                            
                                                                            
                                                                            
                                                                            



Bill Andrus

linux-thinkpad-admin@linux-thinkpad.org wrote on 01/03/2008 03:43:27 PM:

> On Thu, 03 Jan 2008, Fionn Behrens wrote:
> > This has bugged me for some weeks now and I the right place to ask
might
> > be here:
> > Does anyone of you know whether it might be possible to put one of the
> > newer Bluetooth/Modem Combo modules with EDR capability into one of the
> > older T40/T42/T43 Notebooks? After all, they are connected via USB so
> > there is no need for special drivers. But I do not know if the
connector
> > might have changed.
> >
> > Anyone here ever checked this or even tried?
>
> No, but high-resolution photos and dimensions of both versions of the
> bluetooth module might help.
>
> Also, is the antenna the same?
>
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