Bluetooth Slot

[SystemJinx]

Not that I have seen. I just assumed it was a generic pin connector from the BT module to the motherboard and hadn't even thought about wiring.

[ravic]

checkout some pictures here
http://projectsimon.com/bender/S10/

and here
http://forums.slickdeals.net/showpost.p ... count=1507


Unfortunately none of them have a shot of the connector from the side. But it does look similar to the one on dell someone posted above.

[ravic]

Also, unlike Wifi cards Lenovo cannot really block certain types of bluetooth cards. Bluetooth cards are almost always USB based and they will show up as any other USB device. And they cannot randomly block USB devices that could also be potentially plugged in from external slots.

[clockworx]

Nevermind, I went about it the backwards way. We know what the "real" module is from the FCC filing, and we found it for sale (very expensive). Here's a blown-up shot from a seller.

http://www.notebooksolutions.ca/zc/bmz_ ... 33x550.jpg

I'm counting 7 wires, which probably means a 8-wire header. You can also count 8 solder points on the header connection.

The one you linked to on eBay appears to have 10 wires, and I also count 10 solder point connectors (and I'm starting to get a headache from looking at tiny pixels on blown up pics)

This one might end up being a better option:

http://www.virtualvillage.com/Items/006 ... N%201.25mm

You can see that it's 8 wires. I'm not sure what wire is not used on the "real" one, but I think it has a better shot of working than the Dell one you linked to.

[Dennis]

LOL ... I'm surprised somebody with a S10 has not chimed in and stopped the speculation ...

I'll probably have one by Tuesday. I'll clearly macro photograph the connector (looking inside of it) on the circuit board and post it if someone else has not already done so by then ...

(I'm betting it's a 8 pin connector)

[SystemJinx]

Thanks Clockworx. You just saved me wasting $25.00 from buying the wrong BT card. The search goes on...

[SystemJinx]

This one might end up being a better option:

http://www.virtualvillage.com/Items/006 ... N%201.25mm

That is a very odd Bluetooth card. It claims to be BT 2.0, yet only has a 721kbps maximum transfer rate. BT 2.0 should go up to 3Mbps.

[clockworx]

Well, I think I have some good news. The original card from the FCC has "T60H928 rev 1" stamped on it, which is what I went googling for.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3018/277 ... 6050_o.jpg

I failed to notice that that "cheap" card from virtualvillage, if you check the zoomed in pictures, ALSO has T60H928 rev 1 stamped on it.

http://images.virtualvillage.com/006416-009/002.jpg

Specs-wise, we may actually be looking at the exact same card!

[ravic]

Thats awesome.

I wonder if we can find the dell/acer bluetooth pinout somewhere.

[SystemJinx]

The same card would be wonderful. It means the stock Lenovo drivers would work.