Was my T61 shipped without Bluetooth? How can I check?

Recently I bought a T61 with Windows Vista Ultimate.
When I ordered it, I selected bluetooth capability and the integrated bluetooth pan (or whatever was there to click).
I am totally new to that whole bluetooth thing, so I wanted to try out whether I can connect my bluetooth enabled cell phone with my Laptop. So I activated bluetooth on the phone and made it visible to other devices, but when my T61 searched for devices, it couldn't find anything.
So there is a lot of settings, I thought maybe I did something wrong, but everything seems correct. But then I thought, maybe both devices have to be visible. So I wanted to set my T61 to "Allow Bluetooth devices to find this computer" in Start -> Control Panel -> Bluetooth Devices -> Options.
But to my surprise when I click 'Apply' or 'OK', I get this error message:
Bluetooth Service Error
An error occurred while Windows was saving your settings. The
Bluetooth device might be unplugged.
The following settings were not saved:
Discoverability settings
Connection settings
How can the device be "unplugged" in a Laptop???
Maybe it's not even built in.
I am not really familiar with what is necessary to have bluetooth capability. When I look at the shipping itemization though, it seems there are multiple items needed.
Among many other entries the following lines were in the shipping listing (email):
  62P6054 VBB INTEGR.BLUETOOTH PAN   
  42X1482 SBB BLUETOOTH W/ ANTENNA    
  42X1483 SBB BLUETOOTH SCREW    
  42V8654 SBB CL.PLATE T61WLAN BLTOOTH   
These are the entries that sound like bluetooth.
(btw. What's a bluetooth screw, what's so special about it and what do I need it for?)
So, my brandnew T61 ought to have bluetooth capability, right?
But, maybe they forgot to put one of the components in. After all the fan was broken at arrival, not the best omen, I'm afraid.
How can I check, if Bluetooth is actually in the laptop?
Hope somebody can help me,
I don't want to call Lenovo and have some repair guy come over just to tell me how it's turned on.
Thanks,
MarkusK

Hi MarkusK, welcome to the forum,
I believe your T61 does have bluetooth. Have you turned bluetooth on using Fn F5. If BT has not been turned on I get exactly the same message you are describing. BT is turned off as standard setting, when you turn it on for the first time it will automatically load the necessary drivers - and away you go.
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