Bluetooth is an option when you order these notebooks configured from Toshiba. I bought a U205-S5044 from CompUSA and it didn't have bluetooth. After much experimentation and research, I found the parts to add bluetooth to the U200/U205/Tecra M6.

You need these parts from SparePartsWarehouse.com:
$5.00 P000421420 Screw
$33.85 P000433310 Bluetooth Module (2.0+EDR) - you'll need to flip the plastic tab on the cable connector to make it work. (the picture is wrong on their website)
$5.00 P000435350 Cable - $5
$5.00 P000435360 Bluetooth Label

You'll need a bluetooth antenna. Any internal wireless card antenna will work. I used one from a spare laptop that I had for parts.

The bluetooth module mounts under the enter key on the keyboard. You'll have to remove the keyboard, and top cover to get to it, which means removing every F8 & F16 screw underneath, as well as 2 screws to get the keyboard off, and 3 more screws under the keyboard. You'll also need to peel back the clear plastic covers under the keyboard to release the ribbon cables for the touchpad, power button panel, and fingerprint reader.

hi

i am alos planning to do the same, can i do it on my u205-s5034 ?

could you alsao post pic if possible

will it void the Warrenty ?

thanks

yeah, it should work just fine on your U205-S5034. one thing i forgot to mention in my original post is that i had to reverse the cable holding clip on the bluetooth card to make the cable contact correctly on that card. also, anytime you open your laptop up, you risk voiding your warranty. pm me with your email address and i'll send you a pic.

Hi I'm attempting this install and have a question. What do you mean by reversing the cable holding clip? And how did you do it?
Thanks!

the little brown cable clip on the card needs to be reversed so the exposed metal on the cable contacts the card. you carefully pry off the piece of the clip the secures the cable in place on the card, and turn it around.

toshiba has published a document on adding a bluetooth kit to this notebook, but they don't cover this step, as they probably sell a kit now that has the clip oriented correctly. here's the link to the document:

http://cdgenp01.csd.toshiba.com/cont...llite_U200.pdf

Oh ok. I tried peeling the blue hard piece of the cable off, bending the cable back and sticking it in the connector. I booted it up and got the add new hardware screen (saying it detected a new usb device).

Did you have any software/driver issues? I'm going to go back and reverse the clip per your instructions.

Thanks a lot!

can someone also help me find a wireless card antennae from the site? im not sure which to get?

No you don't need the module. If you get the module you will not need the dongle anymore since you will have built-in bluetooth.

ooh, ok, i thought i could somehow fit the dongle inside the laptop.. but what i really wanted is the built in BT.. so i guess i would need the module...

can anyone help me find the internal wireless card antenna from that site as well..?? im looking and its like $50, but i maybe looking at the wrong one... thanks

can ANYONE please help me find a wireless antenna? i really want to order the stuff monday morning, but if i can get it from the same site it would make it a little more convenient. any help appreciated. thanks

ok this is what i bought.. hope this is the right one.

For an external usb bluetooth module (Belkin F8012xx1) I'm using the Broadcom 5.1.2535.0 drivers. I had many problem with an IOGEAR bluetooth module.

I don't like how Vista installs devices. I can't get Windows to search for drivers on it's own. I have to specify the directory of the drivers as C:\.

If you're looking for a wireless antenna search eBay for "laptop internal antenna". You should be able to find something cheap there.

Yeah the bluetooth stack installed fine. I never get the ding that it is being installed. I am using Vista.