Bluetooth Adaptor (BCM2046) Driver for Windows XP SP2/SP3

Hey thanks to you and Nimrod i just create my account here just to thank you )) now i am happy to have working bluetooth on my lenovo s10e ))

 

I tried this on my PC but when I opened the device manager there was nothing concerning a hardware ID...in fact I have tried all of the solutions given on this thread and none of them have worked...I have a generic bluetooth dongle with the part no. BD-001 and so far nothing I have tried has worked as far as it being detected and installed or the driver file being detected and installed...I don't know what else to do...

 

Finding Hardware ID

I couldn't work this out at first but then realised I hadn't noticed the extra tabs on the Properties page.

In Device Manager, right click on the yellow question mark against the bluetooth device and select Properties.

There are three or four tabs at the top, General, Advanced, Driver, Details.

Click on Details then select Hardware Ids from the drop down list. Mine had the following entries:

USB\Vid_050d&Pid_016a&Rev_0388
USB\Vid_050d&Pid_016a

I selected the bottom one with a mouse click and copied with CTRL-C, then pasted it in the INF file.

Scroll down the INF file to the Device section then as Deneme suggests, find the 'Generic' line. Paste your Hardware Id info over the stuff at the end of that line, after the BtUsb and the comma.

Close the file, close the Properties dialogue box then right click on the yellow question mark and select Update Driver, take it from there.


Like some other posters I originally only registered to thank Nimrod and Deneme for this so thanks a lot guys -- I could not have done this myself.

Cheers

 

Actually u just can't download WIDCOMM 5.5.0.7800 and install it easily - it detects it's Dell and refuses to continue. A patch is required to install it.

 

Many thanks!

I (like a few other posters here) registered to this forum just to thank Nimrod for his efforts. The "bloated" widcomm is now gone, replaced with something that actually works.

Again, many thanks!!!

 

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Thank you, thanks a lot

 

I had a similar problem, and finding the correct driver was not easy for me. It's a good thing I got my bluetooth driver from this site that offered a free driver search tool as well as a list of manufacturers. So I didn't get lost to find the right one, which is compatible to my OS.

 

BlueTooth Adapter in Dell Mini 910

Thanks from me also, I have a Dell mini9 with Ubuntu 10.04LTS on it and have though about XP. I changes my mind when the size of the os was an issue. This is a great post and very useful for a ton of folks.Thanks Again, ssaxon77

 

have a rocketfish usb rf-flbtad adaptor on winxp pro sp2 / dell dimension 2400. added the hardware lines to bth.inf (the generic line was under [Cambridge.NT.5.1]). had to make my cellphone visibile for 3 minutes in the bluetooth settings, and had to turn 'discovery' on in the pc bluetooth settings (control panel). even then, the pc wouldn't see my phone, but i kept making my phone visible again, until it finally caught. i was then able to send files to my phone (which was one at a time, whereas with a direct usb cable, i could just drag and drop many files). remember to turn off 'discovery' on pc, and turn off bluetooth on your phone when done.

 

Thanks! Got an old asus laptop with sp2, and there was no way to make noname usb bt to work, until I come on to this thread. My problems are solved now, just following the steps above bt adapter now works. Thank You again.

 

Just wanted to thank the contributors and point out that this is still useful. Use an old Dell Inspiron Mini 9 for in truck SAR GPS mapping. The bloatware drivers did not recognize a Garmin Glo GPS sender. This works like a champ.