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If I was assembling a computer from scratch, how would I get bluetooth. I mean something other than a dongle. I want it to be there when the computer boots. Maybe add it to the motherboard? Will it work with just any mobo? I will be using this board but can't find out if bluetooth is possible. ASUS Sabertooth 990FX - AM3+ - TUF Series - ATX AMD 990FX DDR3 1800 Motherboards Thanks for comments. |
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On 12/19/2014 11:06 PM, Paul in Houston TX wrote:
wrote: If I was assembling a computer from scratch, how would I get bluetooth. I mean something other than a dongle. I want it to be there when the computer boots. Maybe add it to the motherboard? Will it work with just any mobo? I will be using this board but can't find out if bluetooth is possible. ASUS Sabertooth 990FX - AM3+ - TUF Series - ATX AMD 990FX DDR3 1800 Motherboards Thanks for comments. Get a bluetooth pcie card. There are many brands. Inexpensive. Use a search engine to look for one... or amazon / ebay. It will come with software to install. Do you think the dongle that sticks out would have better range than one on a card? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16833320166 Then there is BT 4.1 http://www.trustedreviews.com/opinio...hould-you-care |
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On 12/19/2014 08:46 PM, Al Drake wrote:
On 12/19/2014 11:06 PM, Paul in Houston TX wrote: wrote: If I was assembling a computer from scratch, how would I get bluetooth. I mean something other than a dongle. I want it to be there when the computer boots. Maybe add it to the motherboard? Will it work with just any mobo? I will be using this board but can't find out if bluetooth is possible. ASUS Sabertooth 990FX - AM3+ - TUF Series - ATX AMD 990FX DDR3 1800 Motherboards Thanks for comments. Get a bluetooth pcie card. There are many brands. Inexpensive. Use a search engine to look for one... or amazon / ebay. It will come with software to install. Do you think the dongle that sticks out would have better range than one on a card? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16833320166 Then there is BT 4.1 http://www.trustedreviews.com/opinio...hould-you-care Sometimes people are under the mistaken impression that the dongle nubs can shoot through the computer's metal case. Moving the nub to one of the front panel USB ports can make all the difference in the world. And they only stick out about 1/4 and inch. |
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On 12/19/2014 11:53 PM, Todd wrote:
On 12/19/2014 08:46 PM, Al Drake wrote: On 12/19/2014 11:06 PM, Paul in Houston TX wrote: wrote: If I was assembling a computer from scratch, how would I get bluetooth. I mean something other than a dongle. I want it to be there when the computer boots. Maybe add it to the motherboard? Will it work with just any mobo? I will be using this board but can't find out if bluetooth is possible. ASUS Sabertooth 990FX - AM3+ - TUF Series - ATX AMD 990FX DDR3 1800 Motherboards Thanks for comments. Get a bluetooth pcie card. There are many brands. Inexpensive. Use a search engine to look for one... or amazon / ebay. It will come with software to install. Do you think the dongle that sticks out would have better range than one on a card? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16833320166 Then there is BT 4.1 http://www.trustedreviews.com/opinio...hould-you-care Sometimes people are under the mistaken impression that the dongle nubs can shoot through the computer's metal case. Moving the nub to one of the front panel USB ports can make all the difference in the world. And they only stick out about 1/4 and inch. I never had much use for bluetooth for a wireless solution. Now I use it to communicate from my cell to me car stereo and headphones and keyboard but that's about it. |
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On 12/19/2014 09:28 PM, Al Drake wrote:
On 12/19/2014 11:53 PM, Todd wrote: On 12/19/2014 08:46 PM, Al Drake wrote: On 12/19/2014 11:06 PM, Paul in Houston TX wrote: wrote: If I was assembling a computer from scratch, how would I get bluetooth. I mean something other than a dongle. I want it to be there when the computer boots. Maybe add it to the motherboard? Will it work with just any mobo? I will be using this board but can't find out if bluetooth is possible. ASUS Sabertooth 990FX - AM3+ - TUF Series - ATX AMD 990FX DDR3 1800 Motherboards Thanks for comments. Get a bluetooth pcie card. There are many brands. Inexpensive. Use a search engine to look for one... or amazon / ebay. It will come with software to install. Do you think the dongle that sticks out would have better range than one on a card? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16833320166 Then there is BT 4.1 http://www.trustedreviews.com/opinio...hould-you-care Sometimes people are under the mistaken impression that the dongle nubs can shoot through the computer's metal case. Moving the nub to one of the front panel USB ports can make all the difference in the world. And they only stick out about 1/4 and inch. I never had much use for bluetooth for a wireless solution. Now I use it to communicate from my cell to me car stereo and headphones and keyboard but that's about it. I never use it at all. Mac's use it to communicate with their keyboards and mice. I have noticed that most wireless keyboard and mice receivers have gone to their own format and dropped Blue Tooth I prefer a wired mouse and keyboard. The batteries always go out when I need to use it most, and the wires don't annoy me |
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On 12/20/2014 12:46 AM, Todd wrote:
On 12/19/2014 09:28 PM, Al Drake wrote: On 12/19/2014 11:53 PM, Todd wrote: On 12/19/2014 08:46 PM, Al Drake wrote: On 12/19/2014 11:06 PM, Paul in Houston TX wrote: wrote: If I was assembling a computer from scratch, how would I get bluetooth. I mean something other than a dongle. I want it to be there when the computer boots. Maybe add it to the motherboard? Will it work with just any mobo? I will be using this board but can't find out if bluetooth is possible. ASUS Sabertooth 990FX - AM3+ - TUF Series - ATX AMD 990FX DDR3 1800 Motherboards Thanks for comments. Get a bluetooth pcie card. There are many brands. Inexpensive. Use a search engine to look for one... or amazon / ebay. It will come with software to install. Do you think the dongle that sticks out would have better range than one on a card? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16833320166 Then there is BT 4.1 http://www.trustedreviews.com/opinio...hould-you-care Sometimes people are under the mistaken impression that the dongle nubs can shoot through the computer's metal case. Moving the nub to one of the front panel USB ports can make all the difference in the world. And they only stick out about 1/4 and inch. I never had much use for bluetooth for a wireless solution. Now I use it to communicate from my cell to me car stereo and headphones and keyboard but that's about it. I never use it at all. Mac's use it to communicate with their keyboards and mice. I have noticed that most wireless keyboard and mice receivers have gone to their own format and dropped Blue Tooth I prefer a wired mouse and keyboard. The batteries always go out when I need to use it most, and the wires don't annoy me +1 |
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On 12/19/2014 10:28 PM, Al Drake wrote:
On 12/20/2014 12:46 AM, Todd wrote: On 12/19/2014 09:28 PM, Al Drake wrote: On 12/19/2014 11:53 PM, Todd wrote: On 12/19/2014 08:46 PM, Al Drake wrote: On 12/19/2014 11:06 PM, Paul in Houston TX wrote: wrote: If I was assembling a computer from scratch, how would I get bluetooth. I mean something other than a dongle. I want it to be there when the computer boots. Maybe add it to the motherboard? Will it work with just any mobo? I will be using this board but can't find out if bluetooth is possible. ASUS Sabertooth 990FX - AM3+ - TUF Series - ATX AMD 990FX DDR3 1800 Motherboards Thanks for comments. Get a bluetooth pcie card. There are many brands. Inexpensive. Use a search engine to look for one... or amazon / ebay. It will come with software to install. Do you think the dongle that sticks out would have better range than one on a card? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16833320166 Then there is BT 4.1 http://www.trustedreviews.com/opinio...hould-you-care Sometimes people are under the mistaken impression that the dongle nubs can shoot through the computer's metal case. Moving the nub to one of the front panel USB ports can make all the difference in the world. And they only stick out about 1/4 and inch. I never had much use for bluetooth for a wireless solution. Now I use it to communicate from my cell to me car stereo and headphones and keyboard but that's about it. I never use it at all. Mac's use it to communicate with their keyboards and mice. I have noticed that most wireless keyboard and mice receivers have gone to their own format and dropped Blue Tooth I prefer a wired mouse and keyboard. The batteries always go out when I need to use it most, and the wires don't annoy me +1 Had a funny trouble call. Customer said his keyboard was dead. When I got there, indeed it was. It was a wireless keyboard, so I flipped it over and opened the battery compartment: disaster! Corrosion everywhere. So I turned to the customer and told he had a wireless keyboard and that the batteries had gone bad. He told me he did not have a wireless keyboard. So I handed it to him upside down with the corrosion showing. He looked at it in dead silence. Then he gave me the most priceless "Oh" I have heard in years. A few paper towels, some rubbing alcohol, a fresh set of batteries and he was back up and running. I prefer Lithium batteries for anything that needs to last for any amount of time. My own rough cost estimate is that they cost three times as much as Alkalines, but last three times as long, so cost is a wash. But you don't have to constantly change them. |
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Al Drake wrote:
On 12/19/2014 11:06 PM, Paul in Houston TX wrote: wrote: If I was assembling a computer from scratch, how would I get bluetooth. I mean something other than a dongle. I want it to be there when the computer boots. Maybe add it to the motherboard? Will it work with just any mobo? I will be using this board but can't find out if bluetooth is possible. ASUS Sabertooth 990FX - AM3+ - TUF Series - ATX AMD 990FX DDR3 1800 Motherboards Thanks for comments. Get a bluetooth pcie card. There are many brands. Inexpensive. Use a search engine to look for one... or amazon / ebay. It will come with software to install. Do you think the dongle that sticks out would have better range than one on a card? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16833320166 Then there is BT 4.1 http://www.trustedreviews.com/opinio...hould-you-care For a floor model computer I would get a card with external antennas. The full wavelength of 2.4 ghz is 4.92 inches. |
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Todd wrote:
These guys have good quality and good tech support: http://www.startech.com/Search?search_term=bluetooth StarTech have "stealthed" their way to the top of my list of peripheral suppliers (broad range and decent quality IME) |
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On 12/20/2014 2:12 AM, Todd wrote:
On 12/19/2014 10:28 PM, Al Drake wrote: On 12/20/2014 12:46 AM, Todd wrote: On 12/19/2014 09:28 PM, Al Drake wrote: On 12/19/2014 11:53 PM, Todd wrote: On 12/19/2014 08:46 PM, Al Drake wrote: On 12/19/2014 11:06 PM, Paul in Houston TX wrote: wrote: If I was assembling a computer from scratch, how would I get bluetooth. I mean something other than a dongle. I want it to be there when the computer boots. Maybe add it to the motherboard? Will it work with just any mobo? I will be using this board but can't find out if bluetooth is possible. ASUS Sabertooth 990FX - AM3+ - TUF Series - ATX AMD 990FX DDR3 1800 Motherboards Thanks for comments. Get a bluetooth pcie card. There are many brands. Inexpensive. Use a search engine to look for one... or amazon / ebay. It will come with software to install. Do you think the dongle that sticks out would have better range than one on a card? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16833320166 Then there is BT 4.1 http://www.trustedreviews.com/opinio...hould-you-care Sometimes people are under the mistaken impression that the dongle nubs can shoot through the computer's metal case. Moving the nub to one of the front panel USB ports can make all the difference in the world. And they only stick out about 1/4 and inch. I never had much use for bluetooth for a wireless solution. Now I use it to communicate from my cell to me car stereo and headphones and keyboard but that's about it. I never use it at all. Mac's use it to communicate with their keyboards and mice. I have noticed that most wireless keyboard and mice receivers have gone to their own format and dropped Blue Tooth I prefer a wired mouse and keyboard. The batteries always go out when I need to use it most, and the wires don't annoy me +1 Had a funny trouble call. Customer said his keyboard was dead. When I got there, indeed it was. It was a wireless keyboard, so I flipped it over and opened the battery compartment: disaster! Corrosion everywhere. So I turned to the customer and told he had a wireless keyboard and that the batteries had gone bad. He told me he did not have a wireless keyboard. So I handed it to him upside down with the corrosion showing. He looked at it in dead silence. Then he gave me the most priceless "Oh" I have heard in years. A few paper towels, some rubbing alcohol, a fresh set of batteries and he was back up and running. I prefer Lithium batteries for anything that needs to last for any amount of time. My own rough cost estimate is that they cost three times as much as Alkalines, but last three times as long, so cost is a wash. But you don't have to constantly change them. I have a mouse that works long after the green dust shows up. It has no off switch so it stays on for years. The first time I looked at it because I was curious I was shocked. I did the same as you. I used a small piece of Scotch-Brite for final touch and all was well. I also have some keyboards that use two AAA cells that never last long. I thought it was strange that will all that room under a keyboard they'd use AAA. I know they are making Duracell batteries a whole lot cheaper these days. It wouldn't surprise me if it was the same for the button cells. |
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"Andy Burns" wrote in message ... Todd wrote: These guys have good quality and good tech support: http://www.startech.com/Search?search_term=bluetooth StarTech have "stealthed" their way to the top of my list of peripheral suppliers (broad range and decent quality IME) If you don't want to use USB, use an add in card. http://www.gigabyte.com/microsite/306/images/wifi.html --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. http://www.avast.com |
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On Fri, 19 Dec 2014 21:46:00 -0800, Todd wrote:
I prefer a wired mouse and keyboard. The batteries always go out when I need to use it most, and the wires don't annoy me Same here! Although I know there a lots of people who disagree with us, I never understand the rationale of a wireless mouse and keyboard on a desktop computer. |
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On 12/20/2014 10:21 AM, Ken Blake wrote:
On Fri, 19 Dec 2014 21:46:00 -0800, Todd wrote: I prefer a wired mouse and keyboard. The batteries always go out when I need to use it most, and the wires don't annoy me Same here! Although I know there a lots of people who disagree with us, I never understand the rationale of a wireless mouse and keyboard on a desktop computer. I have a few systems that I keep under a bench that share one HI-Def HDMI TV as a monitor and using a wired mouse just won't reach. It's much easier to use wireless KB and mouse where I can stash keyboards anywhere while I use the one I need. I also have wired devices connected so when I am at each system I use them. I never bothered to try the KVM switch. Maybe I should have gone that route. If I had one system only I would use wired devices. |
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