Bluetooth in pc?

[geekhead83]

how do i come to know whether my motherboard has bluetooth or not.
my vendor had said it has, but since at that time i didnt require it (nor did i know what it was) I didnt bother much.

but now i have an n-gage and wanna tranfer stuff to my cell without using usb cable.

btw, how do i come to know what motherboard make and model is mine?
I know its MSI, but dont know model no and all.

ANy ideas?

Thanx and cheers!

 

[bharathbala2003]

get Fresh Diagnose from freshdevices.com.. install it.. and when u open it ull know all details starting from ur Motherboard to the OS ur using.. u can either download it from its site.. or get it from this month DIGIT CD..

 

[Ricky]

man.
just do one thing..
get ur motherboard software cd.. install Widcomm software from it.. (if you have bluetooth onboard then it must be with its driver that is widcomm) . and then after installing that u will get it.

u can also find it before installation, look of "SiW" in Device Manager .. if that hardware is there then u have bluetooth !

 

[geekhead83]

ok....ill try both. is widcomm the only bluetooth device maker/provider ?

 

[Ricky]

there are only 2 major bluetooth stack provider.. one is BlueSoleil and other is widcomm ..

There are other stacks also available but mature one are only above.

 

[geekhead83]

i've installed fresh diagnose and found that my motherboard is MSI kt4vl ms-6712 (phew).

on the following page, it says bluetooth pin header, bluetooth ready.

*www.firingsquad.com/hw/127/MSI_KT4VL_MS-6712-020/?viewdesc=1

now, it doesnt mention widcomm or anything of that sort.
so any ideas, on what i have to do to get bluetooth enabled on this mobo?

 

[aadipa]

a little google lead me to this

*www.msi.com.tw/html/service/techexpress/communication/pc2pc_bt/page2.htm

btw i have same mobo and usb bluetooth dongle is much better than the setup involving bluetooth header, as u can take the dongle with u and plug in to any pc having usb port.


btw the info is given in ur mobo Quick User's Guide at pg 2-21

 

[Ricky]

i've installed fresh diagnose and found that my motherboard is MSI kt4vl ms-6712 (phew).

on the following page, it says bluetooth pin header, bluetooth ready.

*www.firingsquad.com/hw/127/MSI_KT4VL_MS-6712-020/?viewdesc=1

now, it doesnt mention widcomm or anything of that sort.
so any ideas, on what i have to do to get bluetooth enabled on this mobo?

junk.. widcomm software works for almost every bluetooth thingi

 

[geekhead83]

how much does that dongle cost? around 1k?
thanx for the informative post though @aadipa.

and now that uve mentioned that u have the same mobo, how do gmaes run on it? also depends on the graphics card u have (have a gefroce 2mmx)... just asking though.