internal bluetooth card for D600

Anyone know where I might be able to get an internal bluetooth card for
a Dell Latitude D600? Apparently they were optional and mine didn't
come with one. The name of it seems to be Truemobile 300 which also is
used for a compact flash adaptor for PDAs.

Bob Horvath <> wrote:
>Anyone know where I might be able to get an internal bluetooth card for
>a Dell Latitude D600? Apparently they were optional and mine didn't
>come with one. The name of it seems to be Truemobile 300 which also is
>used for a compact flash adaptor for PDAs.

It's either a U5136 (on the factory invoice) or a 1U746 (from spare
parts?) part number.

Please let me know if you find it, and what it costs. Installation is
non-trivial (remove the keyboard, remove the display (yes, really),
remove the palm rest, and it's right there... 8*) but fairly
straightforward.

Mine just died, and _then_ they told me I had mail-it-back (and be
without my computer for 3-5 days) service, so I'm doing the swap
myself.

If it's easy and not too expensive, I might add it to my wife's
machine...

>Mine just died, and _then_ they told me I had mail-it-back (and be
>without my computer for 3-5 days) service, so I'm doing the swap
>myself.

The bluetooth module isn't broken, its the connector on the
motherboard. You'll have to replace the board... A well-known problem
on D600.

Henning <> wrote:
>>Mine just died, and _then_ they told me I had mail-it-back (and be
>>without my computer for 3-5 days) service, so I'm doing the swap
>>myself.

>The bluetooth module isn't broken, its the connector on the
>motherboard. You'll have to replace the board... A well-known problem
>on D600.

Ah, I was wondering why he was so insistent on sending me a new
motherboard as well. Oh, well, once it's all apart it can't be that
much more work to swap the motherboard.

How did it break? It's not like it gets a lot of activity, and I sure
don't bang my laptop around...

>Ah, I was wondering why he was so insistent on sending me a new
>motherboard as well. Oh, well, once it's all apart it can't be that
>much more work to swap the motherboard.

Bad soldering on the connector. New boards have the connector glued as
well.

William P.N. Smith wrote:
> Bob Horvath <> wrote:
>
>>Anyone know where I might be able to get an internal bluetooth card for
>>a Dell Latitude D600? Apparently they were optional and mine didn't
>>come with one. The name of it seems to be Truemobile 300 which also is
>>used for a compact flash adaptor for PDAs.
>
>
> It's either a U5136 (on the factory invoice) or a 1U746 (from spare
> parts?) part number.
>
> Please let me know if you find it, and what it costs. Installation is
> non-trivial (remove the keyboard, remove the display (yes, really),
> remove the palm rest, and it's right there... 8*) but fairly
> straightforward.

I found the service manual which explains how to do it...

http://support.dell.com/support/edoc...ue.htm#1000550

It does seem a tad more work that I had anticipated. I've taken laptops
apart before, but not ones that were not already being retired. I assume
so long as one is careful and takes things slowly this is nothing to be
scared away from. Any other gotchas to be aware of? Any parts that are
particulary easy to break?

>
> Mine just died, and _then_ they told me I had mail-it-back (and be
> without my computer for 3-5 days) service, so I'm doing the swap
> myself.
>
> If it's easy and not too expensive, I might add it to my wife's
> machine...
>
>

I found one on ebay for $52 with shipping. I don't know if that is a
good price or not. If I chicken out, I may be putting it back up there :-).

Bob Horvath <> wrote:
>http://support.dell.com/support/edoc...ue.htm#1000550
>
>It does seem a tad more work that I had anticipated. I've taken laptops
>apart before, but not ones that were not already being retired. I assume
>so long as one is careful and takes things slowly this is nothing to be
>scared away from. Any other gotchas to be aware of? Any parts that are
> particulary easy to break?

I swapped the display bezel on my wife's machine, and it's pretty
straightforward. The only piece i had trouble with was the center
control cover, 8M659, $14.95,you might want to have a spare on hand.

Also, it sounds like you might want to ensure you've got the
motherboard with the properly soldered and glued BT connector, but
that might be a service call.

>I found one on ebay for $52 with shipping. I don't know if that is a
>good price or not. If I chicken out, I may be putting it back up there :-).

Check the prices with Dell's parts line, sometimes eBay is
significantly more expensive than factory parts...

William P.N. Smith wrote:
> Bob Horvath <> wrote:
>
>>Anyone know where I might be able to get an internal bluetooth card for
>>a Dell Latitude D600? Apparently they were optional and mine didn't
>>come with one. The name of it seems to be Truemobile 300 which also is
>>used for a compact flash adaptor for PDAs.
>
>
> It's either a U5136 (on the factory invoice) or a 1U746 (from spare
> parts?) part number.
>
> Please let me know if you find it, and what it costs. Installation is
> non-trivial (remove the keyboard, remove the display (yes, really),
> remove the palm rest, and it's right there... 8*) but fairly
> straightforward.
>


Are you sure this is the right part number? It seems that all searches
I am doing leads me to 802.11 cards.

Bob Horvath wrote:
> William P.N. Smith wrote:
>
>> Bob Horvath <> wrote:
>>
>>> Anyone know where I might be able to get an internal bluetooth card
>>> for a Dell Latitude D600? Apparently they were optional and mine
>>> didn't come with one. The name of it seems to be Truemobile 300
>>> which also is used for a compact flash adaptor for PDAs.
>>
>>
>>
>> It's either a U5136 (on the factory invoice) or a 1U746 (from spare
>> parts?) part number.
>>
>> Please let me know if you find it, and what it costs. Installation is
>> non-trivial (remove the keyboard, remove the display (yes, really),
>> remove the palm rest, and it's right there... 8*) but fairly
>> straightforward.
>>
>
>
> Are you sure this is the right part number? It seems that all searches
> I am doing leads me to 802.11 cards.


Never mind, it is right...

http://shop.store.yahoo.com/impactco...ami/1u746.html

On Tue, 23 Nov 2004 07:51:16 -0500, William P.N. Smith wrote:

>Henning <> wrote:
>>>Mine just died, and _then_ they told me I had mail-it-back (and be
>>>without my computer for 3-5 days) service, so I'm doing the swap
>>>myself.
>
>>The bluetooth module isn't broken, its the connector on the
>>motherboard. You'll have to replace the board... A well-known problem
>>on D600.
>
>Ah, I was wondering why he was so insistent on sending me a new
>motherboard as well. Oh, well, once it's all apart it can't be that
>much more work to swap the motherboard.

Butt. you forget one major issue! When the currier brings you the new
motherboard, he's supposed to get the old one back immediatly! It
means, you're supposed to have the old one ready for swap when he
arrives, you're not allowed to check things out before he leaves! Do
you forget to take e.g. the modem from the old board, you're stuffed!
But there's only one to blame - you! When you bought the system you
chose not to pay for onsiteservice... A trained technician swaps the
motherboard and test everything within half an hour, if you have never
tried it before... One and a half?
God luck!