Dell Products Inc.

Pei-Yi Chou

Adolfo Sandor Montero

William D Leara

Chien-Yi Juan

Che-Ling Huang

Hsienwei Chen

Yu-Tai Sheng

A retention mechanism is provided for retaining graphics add-in cards in an information handling system. The retention mechanism includes a mount and a retention bracket. The mount is affixed to the information handling system and includes mounting locations. The retention bracket is configured to be affixed to a particular one of the mounting locations and includes an adjustable filler device. The filler device is configured to secure a first graphics add-in card having a first width with the filler device located in a first position, and to secure a second graphics add-in card having a second width that is wider than the first width with the filler device located in a second position.

Automatic toolless adjustment design for graphics add-in card retention

An information handling system uses one connector for both liquid and air cooling and detects the type of cooling system installed. That provides the ability to choose the correct thermal handling table based on the installed cooling system. To detect the type of cooling system installed, a thermal management controller sets a control signal supplied to the cooling system through the connector to a first control value and determines if a tachometer signal supplied by the cooling system to the thermal management controller through the connector indicates a first type of cooling system. If the first type of cooling system is not detected, the thermal management controller checks if the tachometer signal from the cooling system with the control signal set at the first control value, or alternatively at a second control value, indicates a second type of cooling system. If no cooling system is detected, an error condition exists.

Automatic detection of cooling system based on a tachometer signal

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Pei-Yi Chou