Comments on: Adding Bluetooth to your Acer Aspire One Netbook!

By: Joe Harper

Joe Harper — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 14:25:31 +0000

Thanks for the advice! I hardly ever solder and know that my “technique” if you can even call it that… is pretty sad. But it has functioned well with my hack job now for about 3.5 years… I will practice before i do it again to another expensive electronic item like a laptop. Thanks for reading my post! And good luck with whatever project you are working on.

By: russell

russell — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 22:38:30 +0000

hi there, great mod for bluetooth, although this was fine soldering you overheated the wire and the tinned wire (solder coated) was too long and there is a risk of a short if the red wire gets nudged down, if you use exposed wire the same size as the bit your tacking on to it will work well.
best solder is definatley small cored, the manufacturer would have used lead free solder, tin the wires (heat and apply solder), trim to size, then you may need to heat the contacts first just to melt the solder, then when soldering on just touch the iron on the wire while it is on the contact, should take a second or less, this will work well if you have melted the contact first even if it has cooled as you have pre flowed the contact. hope i don’t sound condescending just giving advice as a soldering perfectionist!

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By: Joe Harper

Joe Harper — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 19:29:54 +0000

Sorry for editing your comment but I can’t have curses on here. Even those meant as a joke.
This thread has supprised me as to it’s longevity! i still get readers of thsi2 years after i first posted it. thanks for reading and i hope that you are all successful in your mods!

By: James Hinderson

James Hinderson — Sat, 27 Nov 2010 05:33:57 +0000

**** All You *****es.. You Guys ****ed Up My Laptop And I Am Sewing You And i Will Trace You Down Mother ****ers… Na.. I Am Kiddin With U All! Hey How Are You Guys!

By: NorskeDiv

NorskeDiv — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 23:13:22 +0000

Done.

Use flux, as seen here. Makes it much easier.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NN7UGWYmBY&feature=related

Great project, I learned a lot. Doing this finally forced me to master fine soldering. You really don’t need an extremely steady hand, just a fine tipped iron and patience. I recommend practicing on some old broken electronics before putting the iron to your laptop. Look around your house, you must have an old motherboard or something with a fine pitch (small chip) size that you could try soldering wires to.

If your technique is wrong, it would be easy to totally destroy stuff, so make sure you know what you’re doing before hand. I say it again: practice. Watch the youtube video first of course.

By: Joe Harper

Joe Harper — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 00:59:14 +0000

I used the Kensington Micro Bluetooth adapter that you included in the link. it worked great for me too.

By: I just moded mine works great a few helpfull ideas for new people .

I just moded mine works great a few helpfull ideas for new people . — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 19:10:00 +0000

Just buy a small usb cable adapter that lets you extend the cable and just cut the end off and use the pin diagram as it says then you can have it removable if you need to remove the blue tooth for any reason . also for you guys who need to soilder and be safe i recomend taking some electrical tape in small tiny strips and cover the other pins so you don;t drop solder on anything or have better chance of recovery if you do . also you can use the tin effect and heat the wire that way to apply it without hurting the board . i have done up to date over 200 mods . and after . carefull study
and with tnkgrls videos and lessons it was simple to do . great work tnkgrl i love having bluetooth without loosing a slot .

By: RE What blue tooth do you recomend to use for the mod ?

RE What blue tooth do you recomend to use for the mod ? — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 00:57:21 +0000

nm missed the part you said up top but anyway what about this one will this work as well ?

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=9183572&st=Kensington+Micro+USB+Bluetooth+adapter&type=product&id=1218049845432

By: What blue tooth do you recomend to use for the mod ?

What blue tooth do you recomend to use for the mod ? — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 00:48:49 +0000

I wish to install a bluetooth on one of my acer aspires
what one would you recomend buying that has the same set up as yours did ? thank you