If you just want WiFi access another approach is to take an old router and reconfigure it as an access point. I know it isn't contained within your desktop box, but might be a cheap solution if you have old unused hardware kicking around On Sat, Jan 16, 2021 at 8:08 PM Scott Murphy <scott [ dot ] murphy [ at ] arrow-eye [ dot ] com> wrote: > 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 <shawnhcorey [ at ] gmail [ dot ] com> 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? > > >