Question No USB header for Bluetooth/Wifi Card - Help!

[bbeachyak]

I have a precision 3650 dell computer at work that I would like to outfit with a wifi/bluetooth card to be able to work from home. The precision 3650 motherboard diagram is here: Motherboard Diagram

I would like to install this wifi/bluetooth card: Wifi/Bluetooth Card

This card (and all others similar) require an extra USB2.0 header on the motherboard to utilize the bluetooth functionality of the card. I know that I could use a jumper from external usb port to a header like this: USB2.0 to Dupont

But that just seems like a very janky and jerry-rigged set up to go from the exterior to the interior like that and was wondering if anyone could come up with a reasonable interior solution to this! I could also be totally missing something obvious so let me know. Any help is appreciated!

 

[Barty1884]

That "EDUP" Wifi adapter uses the internal USB header for Bluetooth... for some reason.

This seems unnecessarily complicated. Either a PCIE Wifi/Bluetooth adapter:

Example: https://a.co/d/4IWdfET

Or USB device(s) - typically it'll be cheaper to have one for Wifi, one for Bluetooth - example(s):

https://a.co/d/6F8KjiG
.

https://a.co/d/gg226q1


Not enough info to know your exact model for the motherboard, but there may well be an M.2 slot

https://www.dell.com/support/manual...b1eb84-0c9d-4d7a-a03d-963321ee94fa&lang=en-us

In which case, you could use that instead. Example:

https://a.co/d/0SDvUnF

 

[bbeachyak]

Thanks for the reply! I probably will just end up using the pci-e slot card for the wifi, and then just getting a separate bluetooth dongle. I looked into the m.2 network cards that you mentioned, and this particular motherboard only has m.2 sockets keyed for M & B types instead of the A or E types needed for the network card. Bummer.