Comments on: Adding Bluetooth to your Acer Aspire One Netbook! http://joeharper.net/2008/10/02/43/ Digitized, for your protection! Sat, 05 Jun 2010 23:13:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: NorskeDiv http://joeharper.net/2008/10/02/43/comment-page-1/#comment-146 NorskeDiv Sat, 05 Jun 2010 23:13:22 +0000 http://joeharper.net/?p=43#comment-146 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. 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 http://joeharper.net/2008/10/02/43/comment-page-1/#comment-94 Joe Harper Fri, 05 Jun 2009 00:59:14 +0000 http://joeharper.net/?p=43#comment-94 I used the Kensington Micro Bluetooth adapter that you included in the link. it worked great for me too. 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 . http://joeharper.net/2008/10/02/43/comment-page-1/#comment-93 I just moded mine works great a few helpfull ideas for new people . Thu, 04 Jun 2009 19:10:00 +0000 http://joeharper.net/?p=43#comment-93 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 . 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 ? http://joeharper.net/2008/10/02/43/comment-page-1/#comment-92 RE What blue tooth do you recomend to use for the mod ? Thu, 04 Jun 2009 00:57:21 +0000 http://joeharper.net/?p=43#comment-92 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 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 ? http://joeharper.net/2008/10/02/43/comment-page-1/#comment-91 What blue tooth do you recomend to use for the mod ? Thu, 04 Jun 2009 00:48:49 +0000 http://joeharper.net/?p=43#comment-91 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 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

]]> By: eugene http://joeharper.net/2008/10/02/43/comment-page-1/#comment-89 eugene Fri, 01 May 2009 12:50:06 +0000 http://joeharper.net/?p=43#comment-89 hi , how will i configure my aspire one to hear all audios on my sonic gear SR300 blu tooth headset. im using a silicon wave bluetooth dongle on my acer. the bluetooth dongle works with other bluetooth connection , except for audio connection to SR300. my SR300 is working on my SONY vaio. hi ,

how will i configure my aspire one to hear all audios on my sonic gear SR300 blu tooth headset.
im using a silicon wave bluetooth dongle on my acer.
the bluetooth dongle works with other bluetooth connection , except for audio connection to SR300.

my SR300 is working on my SONY vaio.

]]> By: Matt http://joeharper.net/2008/10/02/43/comment-page-1/#comment-83 Matt Wed, 21 Jan 2009 13:47:51 +0000 http://joeharper.net/?p=43#comment-83 So you only soldered two wires? So you only soldered two wires?

]]> By: Joe Harper http://joeharper.net/2008/10/02/43/comment-page-1/#comment-80 Joe Harper Mon, 12 Jan 2009 13:48:45 +0000 http://joeharper.net/?p=43#comment-80 I connected them to the USB soldier pads on the unused mini PCIe headers. just have a look at the pics. I connected them to the USB soldier pads on the unused mini PCIe headers. just have a look at the pics.

]]> By: Opher http://joeharper.net/2008/10/02/43/comment-page-1/#comment-76 Opher Fri, 26 Dec 2008 19:17:36 +0000 http://joeharper.net/?p=43#comment-76 Where do you connect the USB leads to? Where do you connect the USB leads to?

]]> By: Rob http://joeharper.net/2008/10/02/43/comment-page-1/#comment-33 Rob Fri, 31 Oct 2008 03:33:35 +0000 http://joeharper.net/?p=43#comment-33 I just recently bought a Bestlink Alpha 400. It is running a rather old version of Linux, 2.4 My original plan was to ad a bluetooth adapter so I can keep using the 400 with my cell phone for my commute home from work. Then when I started looking aorund for a compatible adapter, that's when I found out the lack of drivers for bluetooth with the v2.4 of Linux. Now I see you adding a BT adapter to your netbook. My question is, what version are you using and who makes the adapter? I don't plan to ad an adapter to the inside of my netbook. If it's small enuff, I don't mind something sticking out. Thanks! Rob I just recently bought a Bestlink Alpha 400. It is running a rather old version of Linux, 2.4

My original plan was to ad a bluetooth adapter so I can keep using the 400 with my cell phone for my commute home from work.

Then when I started looking aorund for a compatible adapter, that’s when I found out the lack of drivers for bluetooth with the v2.4 of Linux.

Now I see you adding a BT adapter to your netbook. My question is, what version are you using and who makes the adapter? I don’t plan to ad an adapter to the inside of my netbook. If it’s small enuff, I don’t mind something sticking out.

Thanks!

Rob

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