I have been looking at this laptop for quite a while. I am confused weather it has integrated Bluetooth or not. Some adds say it does, some say it doesn't. Can anyone help me out? From looking at the pictures it has a Bluetooth button. Does that make sense?

In case it doesn't, what can I do to put one in? (integrated, not USB or PCMCIA) Do I get one of those Mini-PCI cards?

This dillemma is the only thing that keeps me from getting this machine.

Please help me out.

i got from new egg and i have no bluetooth. im trying to figure out how to add it

I almost didn't buy this laptop too because of the bluetooth issue. I would love to know how to add this without using a USB or PCMCIA device.

I called Acer customer service today about the integrated bluetooth issue, but they were not too helpful. Their conclusion was that I should get the 2025wlmi if I want bluetooth. Yeah, sure, if I had the extra $800-900. But I'll keep looking.

Those of you that already have it, if you access the mini-PCI for wireless 802.11g, do you see two antennas or only one? It should be fairly easy to get to.

Two antennas.

The Bluetooth is a daughter card attached to the modem. However if Acer does not sell the Bluetooth module then the whole exercise is academic. I too want to buy a Bluetooth card.

This information may be useful to those of you since I posted this awhile back in regards to the Acer Aspire 1710.

To anyone with an Acer Aspire 1710 series notebook and an interest in having the internal Bluetooth:

Well, once again, the ease and upgradeability of this notebook comes through. I really wanted to have the Bluetooth enabled internally for my HP DeskJet 995c printer and potential Bluetooth mouse. When you click the Lauch Manager, you can see that Bluetooth support is there but just does not come standard on any Aspire 1710 model offered by Acer. After looking through the service manuals for both the Aspire 1710 and Ferrari 3200, I was able to determine that they both utilize the same part numbers for modem and modem/bluetooth combo cards.

To have internal bluetooth, you simply have to remove the modem daughtercard (located underneath the Mini-PCI wireless card) and replace it with the modem/bluetooth combo daughtercard from Acer. You can purchase them from most service providers or from Acer directly. The part numbers are as follows:

MODEM BD.BLUETOOTH 54.T23V7.002
ANTENNA.BLUETOOTH 50.T23V7.004

The antenna is very short and simply snaps onto the card just as the 2 antennaes do on the wireless card. Overall, it will cost about $75 - $100, but this is well worth it if you have a desire for the internal bluetooth.

The drivers/software for the modem and bluetooth are on the system recovery CD. Once installed, the wireless LAN light will blink blue intermittently if you make Bluetooth Always On in the Acer Launch Manager.

Anyways, I just thought I would share this information for anyone interested in having internal Bluetooth in the Aspire 1710 notebook.

Great bit of info. there Dennis.