Adaptable graphics board with a reconfigurable I/O module board for use in information handling systems

An information handling system comprising:

• a chassis supporting a motherboard having a processor and an adaptable graphics board including a graphics processor, graphics memory, and a reconfigurable I/O module interface, wherein the motherboard and the adaptable graphics board are adjacently aligned;
• a dual compression connector having a first array of compressible electrical spring contacts on a first side and a second array of compressible electrical spring contacts on a second side;
• the first side of the dual compression connector operatively coupled to the reconfigurable I/O module interface of the adaptable graphics board;
• a reconfigurable I/O module board having external display data ports, the reconfigurable I/O module board operatively coupled to the adaptable graphics board via the second side of the dual compression connector, wherein the external display data ports of the reconfigurable I/O module board are configured to interface with an information handling system chassis of a first model specification in a first orientation selected from a plurality of orientations of the reconfigurable I/O module board;
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• a flexible compression jumper connector having a first compression jumper pad, a second compression jumper pad, and a flexible jumper trace array cable between the first compression jumper pad and the second compression jumper pad to operatively couple the adaptable graphics board and the adjacent motherboard via compression electrical contacts of the flexible compression jumper connector to provide lanes of data communication between the processor and the graphics processor.

A method of assembling an adaptable graphics board comprising:

• selecting a first model specification selected from a plurality of model specifications for information handling systems in which an adaptable graphics board may be used;
• choosing an orientation for a reconfigurable I/O module board to align external display data ports along a first edge of the adaptable graphics board with a chassis of the first model specification;
• orienting a dual compression connector having a first array of compressible electrical spring contacts on a first side and a second array of compressible electrical spring contacts on a second side to operatively couple the adaptable graphics board to the reconfigurable I/O module board in a first orientation selected from a plurality of orientations;
• aligning a first subset of the first array of compressible electrical spring contacts and a first subset of the second array of compressible spring contacts in the first orientation of the reconfigurable I/O module board and the dual compression connector on the adaptable graphics board;
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• clamping the reconfigurable I/O module board to the adaptable graphics board via the dual compression connector to compress the first array of compressible electrical spring contacts to the adaptable graphics board and to compress the second array of electrical spring contacts to the reconfigurable I/O module board.