My mainboard is an msi b450 Mortar Max. Until recently, I used a pretty small gpu, which left enough space for my network adapter to fit in the pcie 3x4.

I upgraded my gpu this winter, but there was only space in the second pcie 2.0x16, which (probably) doesn’t provide enough lanes. That’s why wifi stopped working, and bluetooth started to become buggy.

Now I was playing around with the thought of picking up a 2in1 usb dongle, but I heard they aren’t that good.

What’s would be the best thing to do in this case?

Edit: The network adapter is a Gigabyte GC-WB1733DI

  • Fafa@lemmy.worldOP
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    3 days ago

    Thanks for the info. I’m also on Lan so im not using wifi very often, but I like to have the option available.

    The (gpu 9060XT)is in the correct slot but the psu and pcie 3.0 is definitely a bottleneck for it.

    The network card is not broken just less functional. It worked fine in the other slot. There is some 9 pin usb on the network card. Im not sure what’s that about since I didn’t need it before.

    I also thought about using a riser cable but I’m unsure how that would work. My first idea is to unscrew the Chip from the metal part that attaches to the case and turn it around so I can plug the cable in from Front side.