Install Dell Bluetooth 355 Card in XPS 1710

Question

I posted this in the 'XPS Portable Upgrade Hardware' forum, but got no reply. Does anyone in the Networking/Internet Wireless' forum know how to correctly install this card?   'I installed a Dell Bluetooth 355 card into my XPS 1710, and the card and the Windows drivers work perfectly with my Microsoft 8000 Bluetooth Mouse. My problem came in physically installing the card into the small compartment it sits in. The card plugs into the cable at one end, and though I bent a pin doing it (don't ask), I was able to straighten it and complete the installation. But where do I fit the OTHER side of the card? Does it just dangle in there, or do I force the cable back against itself to get the other end of the card to 'snap in' somewhere? At the other end of the compartment from the cable is a plastic 'hook', and there's also a hole in the card at that end, too - are either the hook or the hole meant to hold the card securely so it doesn't move while the laptop is being moved?' Message Edited by PenguinNest on 02-15-2007 09:12 PM

jeredsbus · Answer

I have the smaller xps.... m1210   However where mine was installed there was a dummy part, just a black piece of plastic that held the cable in place.   I removed that dummy part which was held in place via 1 screw. replaced it with the bluetooth 355 card and reinstalled the screw.   You see on the opposite end from the cable (on the card) there is a hole, that's where a screw should be placed in and mounted onto the computer.   The only part on mine which was an issue was that the cable was twisted a little and I had to play with it to get it so there was no strain on the bluetooth card. The way it was sitting, I was afraid it would break the card in half if there was much of a jolt on it.   Hope this helps...

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Install Dell Bluetooth 355 Card in XPS 1710

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