Subj : Postscript To : Kurt Weiske From : Jas Hud Date : Sun Sep 24 2023 17:10:03 To: Kurt Weiske Re: Postscript By: Kurt Weiske to All on Sun Sep 24 2023 11:20 am > From Newsgroup: micronet.comp > > So, I got my off-lease Dell a couple of weeks ago. It's a 9th generation > i7 with 64 GB of RAM and support for NVMe down the road. (for the time > being, I'm running on a SATA SSD...) > > I moved my existing SSD over to the new system, then realized it didn't > have Bluetooth or Wifi. I have ethernet in my office, so wifi isn't a > major concern, but Bluetooth was. > > I put the hard drive back in my old computer and the Windows Activation > bit claimed my system had changed and needed to be re-activated. I > couldn't re-activate it using my serial, so I put it back in the new > system. Works there. > > The great thing about Dells is the ability to source parts. I found a 2 > 1/2" drive sled, Intel wireless/bluetooth card and a SD card reader on > Amazon, installed the hard drive properly, installed the card reader and > wireless/bluetooth, and ran the antenna cables between the outside of you could have got a bluetooth usb dongle and a usb card reader too, instead of cracking it open. --- Synchronet 3.19b-Win32 NewsLink 1.113 * bbses.info - http://bbses.info - telnet://bbses.info * Origin: capitolcityonline.net * Telnet/SSH:2022/HTTP (618:250/1) .