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eugenia · 07-07-05, 05:36 PM

So, my order arrived. The facts:
1. If you have an X5 with PPC2002, buy the card, it will work.
2. If you have PPC2003, the card won't work:
a. The belkin drivers crap-up the system. I had to hard-reset today. :(
b. The Dell Truemobile 300 CF drivers WORK, but the Dell Bluetooth Manager does NOT work (it thinks that BT is OFF, even when it's ON). Only BASIC functionality works without the Bluetooth Manager (e.g. pairing a device).
c. There is a hack to use com1.fr's drivers, which was the ODM company for both Belkin and Dell. And then, by importing special registry data, you could make the Com1 driver work with a Bluetooth Manager using the Belkin CF card. Bad luck for us, the french Com1 company went busted! Their drivers are not available for download anymore. :(

Conclusion:
1. If you have a PPC2000-2002 PDA, buy that Belkin card. It will work.
2. If you have anything else, don't ([B]UPDATE, it works, look below![/B]).

07-07-05, 05:36 PM	#8 (permalink)
eugenia Aximsite Minor League Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Foster City, CA, USA Posts: 236 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	So, my order arrived. The facts: 1. If you have an X5 with PPC2002, buy the card, it will work. 2. If you have PPC2003, the card won't work: a. The belkin drivers crap-up the system. I had to hard-reset today. :( b. The Dell Truemobile 300 CF drivers WORK, but the Dell Bluetooth Manager does NOT work (it thinks that BT is OFF, even when it's ON). Only BASIC functionality works without the Bluetooth Manager (e.g. pairing a device). c. There is a hack to use com1.fr's drivers, which was the ODM company for both Belkin and Dell. And then, by importing special registry data, you could make the Com1 driver work with a Bluetooth Manager using the Belkin CF card. Bad luck for us, the french Com1 company went busted! Their drivers are not available for download anymore. :( Conclusion: 1. If you have a PPC2000-2002 PDA, buy that Belkin card. It will work. 2. If you have anything else, don't ([B]UPDATE, it works, look below![/B]). Last edited by eugenia; 07-13-05 at 09:58 PM.