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US 8,526,302 B2Granted
Motherboard with backup network circuit
AssigneeGiga-Byte Technology Co., Ltd.
InventorsHou-Yuan Lin, Chen-Shun Chen, Tse-Hsine Liao
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Abstract
A motherboard includes at least one backup network circuit except for a network circuit used in a normal setup. The motherboard includes a first network circuit, a second network circuit, a network port, a switch circuit and a driver. The switch circuit is configured for coupling the first network circuit or the second network circuit to the network port. The driver is configured for switching the switch circuit according to states of the network port and the first network circuit.
Claims10
A motherboard of a computer, comprising:
- a first network circuit;
- a second network circuit, wherein each of the first network circuit and the second network circuit is an onboard mode circuit or an insertion mode circuit, and there is no direct connection between the first network circuit and the second network circuit;
- a first network port;
- a switch circuit configured for coupling one of the first network circuit and the second network circuit to the first network port;
- an individual driver directly connected to the switch circuit, configured for controlling the switch circuit according to states of the first network port and the first network circuit, configured for detecting the second network circuit after the switch circuit is switched to be in a backup setup, configured for switching the switch circuit to return to a normal setup when the second network circuit is unable to connect to a network system, and configured for keeping the switch circuit in the backup setup when the second network circuit is able to connect to the network system.
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