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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2007
Filed:
Dec. 31, 2003
Applicants:
Peter N. Martin, Olympia, WA (US);
Buck W. Gremel, Olympia, WA (US);
Inventors:
Peter N. Martin, Olympia, WA (US);
Buck W. Gremel, Olympia, WA (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/00 (2006.01); G06F 11/00 (2006.01); G01R 31/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
According to embodiments of the present invention, indicators on a PCI/PCI-X controlled by a Standard Hot-Plug Controller (SHPC) have non-fifty percent duty cycle blinking patterns that communicate to an operator a particular command being processed, whether the command was processed successfully, whether a 'hard' or 'soft' error occurred if the command was processed successfully, and whether power was applied to the slot if the command was not processed successfully.