I have an Acer Aspire 1640z. In the user's guide it say under the "Communication" section "WPAN: integrated Bluetooth." It also has a button the the front of the laptop with the Bluetooth logo. However, when I push that, it says "No Device." What does that mean? What do I have to do to get a Bluetooth mouse to work with my laptop?
I don't know this particular model of notebook, but after some googling there does appear to be some confusion over whether the 1640Z has Bluetooth. Some specs indicated quite clearly that it does have Bluetooth, whereas some clearly indicate a lack of Bluetooth as being a downside of the 1640z 8-).
According to the Acer site "This software is included with the system on the Application CD".
The other thing to do is have a look under Device Manager to see that the Bluetooth hardware is showing up. You should have a "Bluetooth Devices" entry near the top of the device tree.
I finally heard from Acer, and this is what they had to say:
Although there is a button on the notebook for Bluetooth, the Aspire 1640 models that ship in the US and Canada do not ship with a Bluetooth module on the motherboard. Therefore it does not support Bluetooth as it ships. If you push the BT button you should see No Device on the screen. In order to get Bluetooth, you will need to purchase a third party device such as a USB to Bluetooth transceiver, or other external device that provides Bluetooth capabilities. These type of devices are available at most computer shops that sell options and accessories for notebook products. We do not plan to implement an option to install a Bluetooth module on the motherboard.
What I am trying to do is connect a Bluetooth mouse to my laptop to avoid having a dongle sticking out of the computer. However, basically what they told me was to buy a Bluetooth dongle. Is there anyway to add a chip to my laptop to get the Bluetooth connection to work? I would much prefer that than to have a dongle sticking out of my computer with the potential to break.
dam it...and what i wanted to do too was to avoid the dongle stick...thank you rymigo...3g thanx i'll try to check the unde Device Manager =D greetings
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