Dell Wireless 370 Bluetooth Mini-card problems fixed!

[somms]

Hi Somms,

I guess I have failed to tell you that I have installed this BT card in my Gateway M-6862 laptop with a Hitachi Wireless BT Antenna.

The card is working (I think) ... since I used my Bluetooth capable Cell Phone to locate the Dell 370 BT card ... and it sees it.

Could you help me with some Q's before I screw up my system ...

Q1: I have not installed any of the Drivers aforementioned here ... but how is it that my Cell Phone sees the card?

Q2: Do I need to install the Dell Drivers that you posted in your above post? And if so, what will it do for me?

Q3: Where do I find "the particular src folder" that you are talking about? I am running Vista Home Premium 64-bit!

Q4: Since my laptop is Gateway ... can Dell Drivers be installed properly? What folder will the Drivers be installed under?

Q5: With this Drivers will I be able to see the Lighted Bluetooth Icon? Or not?

Thanks,

G!

http://support.us.dell.com/support/d...&fileid=281989

Just install the latest Widcomm driver that is linked.
Already explained how to extract and install the driver earlier in this thread if required...
Yes, if installed correctly your light and bluetooth will be functional.



BTW: Recently upgraded to Dell Wireless 410 Bluetooth Mini-PCIe...

Uses the same Widcomm Bluetooth v6.1.0.4700 driver as the Dell Wireless 370...

No devices to test the UWB

Doesn't look like there ever will be any newer WiQuest drivers for the 410 either: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2333896,00.asp

Bottom line...stick with the Dell Wireless 370...Dell Wireless 410 UWB function is a truely dead technology...

[gonwk]

Hi Somms,

Thanks for posting back ... I am glad I caught you in time to use the correct driver.

Somms ... I plan to stay with Dell wireless 370 mini-card. The reason I even pursued adding this card was because

1) I did not want to loose one of my 3 USB outlet
2) I did not want the USB Bluetooth Dongle ... however small ... to stick-out form the side of my laptop.

Anyway all I needed was the capability of Bluetooth so I can connect to internet via BT convenience.

Somms ... btw, my laptop already has a "Intel® Wi-Fi Link 4965 internal wireless card with SpeedBoost (802.11a/b/g/n)" ... with 3 antennas ... that I can use for the WiFi connection.

Q: Do you suppose the Dell 370 BT Card could impact my Intel 4965 card?

Thanks,

G!

[somms]

Hi Somms,

Thanks for posting back ... I am glad I caught you in time to use the correct driver.

Somms ... I plan to stay with Dell wireless 370 mini-card. The reason I even pursued adding this card was because

1) I did not want to loose one of my 3 USB outlet
2) I did not want the USB Bluetooth Dongle ... however small ... to stick-out form the side of my laptop.

Anyway all I needed was the capability of Bluetooth so I can connect to internet via BT convenience.

Somms ... btw, my laptop already has a "Intel® Wi-Fi Link 4965 internal wireless card with SpeedBoost (802.11a/b/g/n)" ... with 3 antennas ... that I can use for the WiFi connection.

Q: Do you suppose the Dell 370 BT Card could impact my Intel 4965 card?

Thanks,

G!

Neither the Dell Wireless 370 or 410 seemed to affect the pair of Dell Wireless Mini-PCIe WLANs in my Studio. Although, I do have a setting in my Linksys WRT600N router w/DD-WRT firmware that enables Bluetooth Coexistence Mode...

FWIW: Bluetooth could only affect 802.11b/g draft-N @2.4GHz freq as it shares the same radio band. 802.11a draft-N is a higher freq @5GHz...

[gonwk]

Hi Somms,

Should I also install the HotFix KB942567-x64 that you recommended earlier?

Thanks!

G!

[somms]

Hi Somms,

Should I also install the HotFix KB942567-x64 that you recommended earlier?

Thanks!

G!

Frow what I understand, the bluetooth fixes included in the hotfix are implemented in Vista SP2. If you want to hold off until SP2 is out of beta, you could. Otherwise, you could do as I have and install the hotfix. It installed fine for me using x64 Vista Ultimate...

[gonwk]

Hi Somms,

You know I am not gonna chance it since I got the BT Drivers installed A-OK for my Vista Home Premium 64-bit.

Boy I finally figured out what you meant by SRC and extracted the .exe and looked under "Win64" folder and double clicked the "Inst.exe" and went great.

The BT shows under my Device Manager A-OK and the Tray Icon is there also as you said.

THANKS again!

G!

[somms]

http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/si...cid=MIGR-70997

Broadcom Bluetooth Driver 6.1.0.5100...
X86 & x64 Vista drivers compatible w/ both Dell Wireless 370 & 410 Mini-PCIe...

[gonwk]

Hi Somms,

Q1: Does this Driver include the "hotfix" you were referring to earlier!?!?

Q2: Did you notice any major improvements with this driver update!?!?

Thanks,

G!

[ziesemer]

Please see also: http://blogger.ziesemer.com/2008/11/...c-pid8149.html

somms - would you please go to the Details tab off your last screenshot, and list the Hardware IDs and the Compatible IDs for the shown "Dell Wireless 410 Wireless USB Device Properties"?

[ziesemer]

WiQuest driver linked above...

somms - Thanks, I'll take a look. Any chance, though, that you could also share the requested Hardware IDs and Compatible IDs from behind your previous screenshot? They'd just help confirm my suspicion, and maybe even Justin77 who posted a similar issue elsewhere on this forum...

Thanks again!