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US 2020/0210367 A1Published application
External serial at attachment device
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsMonji G. Jabori, Jonathan Vu
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Abstract
A system may include a computing device. The computing device may include an optical disc drive (ODD) bay, wherein an ODD is not present in the ODD bay. The system may further include an ODD connector. The system may also include an external serial AT attachment (eSATA) device located in an opening of the ODD bay for housing the non-present ODD and coupled to the computing device by the ODD connector at the ODD bay.
Claims15
A system, comprising:
- a computing device including an optical disc drive (ODD) bay, wherein an ODD is not present in the ODD bay;
- an ODD connector;
- and
- an external serial AT attachment (eSATA) device located in an opening of the ODD bay for housing the non-present ODD and coupled to the computing device by the ODD connector at the ODD bay.
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A system, comprising:
- an external serial AT attachment (eSATA) device coupled to a computing device via an optical disc drive (ODD) connector of a zero power optical disc drive (ZPODD) contained within the computing device;
- a serial AT attachment (SATA) interface coupled to the eSATA device at the ODD connector;
- a device attention pin coupled to the eSATA device, wherein the device attention pin asserts low when the eSATA device is coupled to the computing device;
- and
- a host chipset coupled to the SATA interface and the ODD connector to provide power to the eSATA device.
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A method, comprising:
- determining that an external serial AT attachment (eSATA) device is coupled to a computing device by an optical disc drive (ODD) connector;
- determining that a pin on the ODD connector is asserting low;
- and
- providing power to the eSATA device in response to the determination that the pin on the ODD connector is asserting low.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.