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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 10, 2003
Filed:
Jan. 04, 2000
Robert G. Bassman, Austin, TX (US);
Tuyet-Huong T. Nguyen, Austin, TX (US);
Wai-Ming R. Chan, Austin, TX (US);
Prakash Chauhan, Austin, TX (US);
Dell USA, L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);
Abstract
A computer system and a method for allocating power to hot-plugged adapter cards placed in a card slot so as to delay, the power allocation until a user is clear of the adapter card. The computer system conventionally includes a processor, a card slot in data communication with the processor, a memory in data communication with the processor, and a power supply in electrical communication with the processor. The memory stores computer-readable data that includes code to be operated on by the processor to allocate power to the card slot upon both a detection of a change of state of the card slot and the occurrence of a predefined system event. The predefined system event is typically a system interrupt that is generated in response to an activation of a switch in electrical communication with the processor.