This is a problem we all have to face when we live in a country like Sri Lanka which is still a developing country and we have to go for the cheapest things avail on the market.
Well, U know there are bluetooth adaptors in the shape of pendrives for Rs 450 ($ 5) in good old Pettah.
This is the one I bought.
This was given with a driver CD for Win Xp but soon after I happened to shift to Vista Ultimate (let's say the 30 day trial version, but remember I'm Sri Lankan :) ).
U know U can't expect Windows to pickup all the drivers like Linux kiddies do but U have other ways to over come that if the company is not a Chinese company which has just assembled some bluetooth adaptors once and changed there business, if not U might find Drivers software on the manufacturers website.
Alas, my devise had no manufacturer but had just one name on it "Broadcomm". So I started my quest for drivers as it was a semester break for me, but after days of searchs and reaching my 1Gb limit on ADSL nothing turned in and the only thin I learned was that "Broadcomm" is a company who manufactures the bluetooth chip not adaptor.
So, I had to start with the thing on my own and thought of doing it reverse. As U might know if U go to Start > Computer > (C: drive)Local Disk > Windows there is a folder named "inf". In this "inf" folder, The driver stacks which comes with the OS as devise Drivers are being kept. The idea to get in here was that some motherboards come along with built in bluetooth chip and "Broadcomm" is a providing a chip named BCM2035 for notebook computer motherboards.
Then after going in to the "inf" folder open the file "bth.ini or bth.inf" which ever is there and open it with notepad by right clicking. U will find this if U brows down,
;------------- Device section - Start -----------------------
[ALPS.NTx86...1]ALPS Integrated Bluetooth Device= BthUsb, USB\Vid_044e&Pid_3005Alps Bluetooth USB Adapter= BthUsb, USB\Vid_044e&Pid_3006
[Belkin.NTx86...1]Belkin Bluetooth Adapter= BthUsb, USB\Vid_050d&Pid_0081Belkin Bluetooth Adapter= BthUsb, USB\Vid_050d&Pid_0084
[BrainBoxes.NTx86...1]Brain Boxes USB Bluetooth Adapter BL-554= BthUsb, USB\Vid_05d1&Pid_0003
[Broadcom.NTx86...1]Blutonium BCM2035 Bluetooth 2.4 GHz Single Chip Transceiver= BthUsb, USB\VID_0A5C&PID_200ABCM2033 Bluetooth 2.4 GHz Single Chip Transceiver= BthUsb, USB\VID_0A5C&PID_200F
Here in maroon I have shown U what we were looking for.
Well we have to do another thing, Go to Start > Computer >(right click & Select) Manage > Device manager
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW CU later I havent ended this post.........................
KALANAYA
No comments:
Post a Comment