Juju462

This worked perfectly! Thank you!

So, I just moved into a new place a couple of months ago.  ISP sends over a modem and router.  I hook everything up and go to manage my router and I get this very simple screen with the ISP logo on it.  I call the ISP to figure out why I can't manage my network and the lady did a horrible job of explaining anything. I'm not a network engineer or anything but I do have a degree in IT.  Basically she fed me this line saying how it's a new standard of router, which doesnt allow you to manage your network, and once you have this new standard you can't go back to the old standard.  She informs me the only way around this is to purchase my own router.
 
So what I need is router that allows multiple devices to connect to it with good transfer speeds....at any given time there could be 2-3 desktops hardwired, 2 phones, streaming movies on our tv, upto 3-4 laptops all running at once...any suggestions on something that won't have the wife making me sleep on the sofa?

That's great, thanks for adding that - maybe mark that as the "best answer" so others can skip our ramblings?  

Thanks everyone for the insight!  I was able to find this on Lenovo's forums. So if anyone else was wondering yes it's possible and no there is no bios lock....at least according to this forum on Lenovo's site.  lol
 
https://forums.lenovo.com/t5/ThinkPad-T400-T500-and-newer-T-series-Laptops/T570-add-M-2-SSD/m-p/3914022?page=1#3915200

Yeah, you'd have to upgrade to one of the new Ryzen ThinkPads for that. The only 15" ones with Renoir are the E15 and L15. The T15 is Intel only.

The better question is: is it worth the effort? Personally, I would say a definite no, unless you can literally find a suitable mobo for $5. Anything more than that is just not worth it.
 
Anyways, one MATX-mobo that does support the feature is the Asus M5A78L-M LX V2, which I have in an old PC.