Bluetooth receiver recommendation

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• Sep 16, 2011

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Right, so I happened to come across a slick bluetooth mac keyboard that's taken me time to fix up, to realise that my mobo doesn't actually have a bluetooth receiver.

So can I just buy any old bluetooth receiver and it should work out of box? I've used my mobo's DSDT to set up my comp if it makes much difference. Could anyone suggest a reliable cheap bluetooth receiver for it?

Any help is greatly appreciated, cheers.

 

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• Sep 16, 2011

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The key is using BLUETOOTH that is compatible...this one is from tony's Minimac build. (reference)
http://tonymacx86.blogspot.com/2011/09/ ... tomac.html

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000E7 ... cx86com-20

Here's BLUETOOTH database you can take a look..read over how each are actually working whether OOB or little tweak is needed,
wiki/index.php/Bluetooth_Adapter_Database

 

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• Sep 17, 2011

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Appreciated, I'll probs get a Belkin one, they're cheap.

Cheers for the help, I didn't realise there were compatibility issues with these!

 

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• Sep 17, 2011

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I got the Rocketfish Rf-Mrbtad Micro Bluetooth Adapter. It works out of the box with my Magic Trackpad. Show up as a Broadcom chip in System Information.

Cheers,

 

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• Sep 17, 2011

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I had good luck with this:

Sabrent M USB bluetooth dongle from Amazon http://www.amazon.com/Sabrent-BT-USBT-W ... B002SBF108

It's designed to work with OSX. Set it up in the bluetooth pref. pane.

 

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• Sep 17, 2011

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I have Belkin Mini Bluetooth usb

I connect Apple BT keyboard, mouse and trackpad and work perfect

When I reboot and load chameleon, push space bar and show menu load

I modified info.plist IOBluetoothFamily.kext.org and show up option 'Wake up for bluetooth devices'

I'm very happy

 

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• Sep 18, 2011

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This one works just fine..
It costs like nothing but takes about 2-3 weeks for delivery.

http://www.dealextreme.com/p/super-mini ... ible-11866

 

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• Sep 25, 2011

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Cheers for the responses all! I did actually buy that cheap one littlelen suggested from Amazon, but it's not come yet. We'll see. Thanks again

 

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• Sep 25, 2011

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I would recommend using an official apple BT module and installing to a USB header or an external USB port. Future proof - works amazingly - sleep/wake - not expensive to build yourself.