Motherboard
AssigneesHon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd., HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (ShenZhen) CO., LTD.
InventorsDAN-DAN LIU, JIA-QI DONG, JI-CHAO LI
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Abstract
A motherboard includes a processor socket, a platform controller hub (PCH), a power circuit, a switch unit, and a memory slot. The PCH is connected to the memory slot and output a bus signal to a serial advanced technology attachment dual in-line memory module (SATA DIMM) when a SATA DIMM is inserted in the memory slot and when the switch unit is in a first state. When a memory module is in the memory slot the power circuit outputs a voltage to the memory module in response to a second state of the switch unit.
Claims3
A motherboard comprising:
- a processor socket to connect a processor;
- a platform controller hub (PCH);
- a power circuit;
- a switch unit connected to the power circuit and the PCH;
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- a memory slot comprising a plurality power pins connected to the power circuit for receiving a voltage, a plurality of ground pins, a plurality of signal pins connected to the processor socket, and four input/output (I/O) pins connected to the switch unit, wherein the memory slot is operable to connect either a serial advanced technology attachment dual in-line memory module (SATA DIMM) or a memory module;
- wherein the PCH outputs a bus signal to the SATA DIMM module in response to the switch unit being at a first state, or the power circuit outputs a voltage to the memory in response to the switch unit being at a second state.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.