adingbatponder<p>How can one retro-fit a <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/USBA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USBA</span></a> port to a 10 year old <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/thinkpad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>thinkpad</span></a> when the <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/minipcie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>minipcie</span></a> internal USB port card device (see link below) is not on the <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/lenovo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lenovo</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/whitelist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>whitelist</span></a> e.g. of a <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/thinkpad_x230" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>thinkpad_x230</span></a> <br>BTW the <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/usb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>usb</span></a> port is for then fitting a <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/lora" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lora</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/rnode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rnode</span></a> or <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/meshtastic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>meshtastic</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/note" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>note</span></a> inside the <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/laptop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>laptop</span></a> case. This video shows the problem.<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRrUMra7it0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=aRrUMra7it</span><span class="invisible">0</span></a><br><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/bios" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bios</span></a> <br>This is the device in question:<br><a href="https://www.reichelt.de/de/de/shop/produkt/mini_pcie_1x_intern_usb_2_0_typ-a-354619" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reichelt.de/de/de/shop/produkt</span><span class="invisible">/mini_pcie_1x_intern_usb_2_0_typ-a-354619</span></a><br>Thanks for an help on this!</p>