Comments on: Configuring the Broadcom 2045A Bluetooth Dongle in Windows

By: Chopper

Chopper — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 22:29:32 +0000

Thanks for that. I couldn’t get the Nokia PC Suite to recognise the connection, although I could transfer fies etc. (The dongle is an ASUS USB-BT21)
Great stuff.

By: skavan

skavan — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 17:03:03 +0000

For those still stuck with this…here is an alternate method that works for me with Vista:

1) Create a directory: i.e. C:\2045_Driver
2) Make the edits shown to bth.inf as per Gabi or the original post depending on your HardwareID - BUT SAVE bth.inf into the 2045_Driver directory above.
3) Copy all bth*.* files from c:\windows\system32\drivers to the 2045_directory
4) Copy fsquirt.exe from c:\windows\system32 to the 2045_directory.
5) Update drivers but select HAVE DISK and point it to the 2045_Driver directory.

Should all run perfectly now.

By: Ankur

Ankur — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 09:29:38 +0000

Hi Harsh,
I am working in windows server 2008 - Longhorn. i tried all above stated things but the problem is selecting BroadCom at the time of updating driver it is not listing any version of dongle.

Thanks in advance.

By: Farid

Farid — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 23:31:33 +0000

thanks its nice

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Sun, 05 Oct 2008 20:58:28 +0000

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By: miekkb

miekkb — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 07:08:37 +0000

thanks…
i think this hack work bcos the functionality of 2045 is totally backward compatible with 2033 driver which is included with windows…
its good you know to link it and to work it out…
who still got problem should aware about the hardware id and use it in the bth.inf

By: Inder

Inder — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 14:09:52 +0000

Everything was fine but when i went to update driver and under bluetooth radio i was not able finc broadcome so still my issue not resolved plz help.
I have bluetooth dell headset which i wan to use it with my comp but not able to connect i have a blue tooth dongle which gives message of bcm2045a your guidance will be really appreciated

By: Satan

Satan — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 15:23:12 +0000

Thanks a lot! (=

By: aika

aika — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 03:03:55 +0000

hi,
i really hope u can help me. Your instructions worked with my bluetooth but i had to reformat my computer.

My problem now is that when it only showed in device manager under other devices ONCE. now whenever i replug it, the FOUND NEW HARDWARE wizard pops up and naturally says,
“There was a problem installing this hardware:
Broadcom Bluetooth 2.0+EDR USB dongle

An errr occured during the installation of the device

The required section was not found in the INF.”

I tried to edit the bth file in windows, replaced the numbers with 2045a but it didn’t work.

Please help.

Thanks

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8100 Bluetooth problem - BlackBerry Forums at CrackBerry.com — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 21:23:53 +0000

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