I tried this briefly. It worked for the external slot, sort of, and not so much for the USB as the retaining post on the case, still gets in the way of the port. The reason I said sort of, for the external slot is, since the slot has no eject mechanism, and you have to use your fingernail from underneath to remove the card, it is still hard to get to. So, I replaced the stand. I really don't use the USB much and almost never remove either card. I simply do everything over ethernet.