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

deneme said:
Hi,

I wanted to install the Microsoft drivers posted by Nimrod on my new Lenovo S10 Netbook to get rid of the horribly buggy and bloated Widcomm drivers that came pre-installed.

The Lenovo S10 uses the same Broadcomm BCM2046 hardware as the Dell Mini 9, unfortunately the drivers posted above did not install. When follwing the procedure Windows displayed a message that it cannot find any drivers in the location where I extracted the files.

Solution is that you need to edit the hardware ID in the BTH.INF file in the folder where you extracted the files. Here the instructions :

- download and extract the file posted by Nimrod
- open the BTH.INF file with notepad
- go to line 78 which is
Generic Bluetooth Radio= BthUsb, USB\Vid_413C&Pid_02B0

change the last part to
USB\Vid_0A5C&Pid_2150

- Save the file and then continue with the procedure described by Nimrod, now Windows will find the drivers, install them and they work perfectly on the Lenovo S10 !

You can do the same thing for any other notebook / netbook with similar hardware, just find out the hardware ID you need to use in the BTH.INF file in the device manager in the properties of the Bluetooth Device.

Hope this helps some users...
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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 :)))
 
deneme said:
Hi,

I wanted to install the Microsoft drivers posted by Nimrod on my new Lenovo S10 Netbook to get rid of the horribly buggy and bloated Widcomm drivers that came pre-installed.

The Lenovo S10 uses the same Broadcomm BCM2046 hardware as the Dell Mini 9, unfortunately the drivers posted above did not install. When follwing the procedure Windows displayed a message that it cannot find any drivers in the location where I extracted the files.

Solution is that you need to edit the hardware ID in the BTH.INF file in the folder where you extracted the files. Here the instructions :

- download and extract the file posted by Nimrod
- open the BTH.INF file with notepad
- go to line 78 which is
Generic Bluetooth Radio= BthUsb, USB\Vid_413C&Pid_02B0

change the last part to
USB\Vid_0A5C&Pid_2150

- Save the file and then continue with the procedure described by Nimrod, now Windows will find the drivers, install them and they work perfectly on the Lenovo S10 !

You can do the same thing for any other notebook / netbook with similar hardware, just find out the hardware ID you need to use in the BTH.INF file in the device manager in the properties of the Bluetooth Device.

Hope this helps some users...
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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

Alexandria said:
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...
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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
 
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!!!

;)
 
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

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

Chances are you just reinstalled your computer to remove all the junkware thats included with PC's and you want to get your bluetooth dongle working without all the bloatware. Well with this package, you can use your BCM2046 bluetooth adaptor in Windows using the built in bluetooth stack. I have created and tested this myself on my new Dell Mini 9 which I reformatted to clear the Dell junk off.

What I have done is modified the Bluetooth driver file that comes with XP SP2/SP3, to include this dongle by adding its hardware ID to the supported devices list.

Before you can install this, you must make sure you have updated your XP to at least Service Pack 2, as this included the Bluetooth Support Addon.


To install, download and extract all the files somewhere, like for example on your desktop in a folder called Bluetooth drivers. Then plug the stick in, Windows will fail to find the drivers and ask you to either provide a location for them, or provide a CD. Provide the location and give Windows the folder location of the extracted drivers. Windows will now install the drivers and your Dongle will be ready for use.
You should now be up and running with the Windows Bluetooth Interface, which you can find in Control Panel or in the System Tray.

You have now got your Bluetooth Adaptor to work fully without having to install bloatware like WIDCOMM bluetooth stack.
Information:

Download is below for Windows XP SP2 and above.

If your using Windows Vista (either 32-bit or 64-bit) you may be interested in the Vista version of these drivers located at:
(Will be coming soon)
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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.
 
DerekDomino said:
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
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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.
 
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