Method and Apparatus of Providing Power to an External Attachment Device via a Computing Device

Abstract

A method and apparatus of providing power to an external Serial Advanced Technology Attachment (SATA) device via a computing device are described here. One embodiment includes, transmitting data to a plurality of devices via at least one port of a first type of a computing device, and providing power to the plurality of devices via at least one port of a second type of the computing device; wherein the plurality of devices comprises one or more of a disk controller and an external Serial Advanced Technology Attachment device. The at least one port of the first type of the computing device is an external Serial Advanced Technology Attachment port and the at least one port of the second type of the computing device is a Universal Serial Bus port. In one embodiment, the disk controller comprises at least one parallel advanced technology attachment port.

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