A bus extender may work, however they can cost money. In addition, if the graphics card in the PCIE16 slot covers the PCIE1 slot, it is also possible that when the PCIE16 slot is in use for a graphics card, the PCIE1 slot next to it is not usable. I know that is true of my recent motherboard. You should check your manual and see. In that case, you are probably stuck with the PCI option or a USB solution (and higher end ones are more expensive than the PCI option).
> On Jan 14, 2021, at 3:11 PM, Shawn H Corey <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > > I have an older system with a Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3 Motherboard and I want > to add a Wifi/Bluetooth card to it. The motherboard has a PCIE16, a PCE1, and > a PCI slot. The problem is the graphics card uses the PCIE16 slot and covers > the PCE1 slot leaving only the older PCI slot. > > All of the cards I have looked at are PCIE cards, which of course, won't work > in this setup. I could get a PCI-to-PCIE adapter card but those are around > $60 each. > > Does anyone know a good (and by good I mean cheap) solution to this? >
