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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2010
Kuo-chen Huang, Taipei, TW;
Yu-cheng Shen, Taipei, TW;
Kuo-Chen Huang, Taipei, TW;
Yu-Cheng Shen, Taipei, TW;
ASUSTeK Computer Inc., Taipei, TW;
Abstract
The invention discloses a compute system which may detect the state of a power supply. The system includes a power supply and a motherboard. The power supply has a detecting unit for detecting a power state of the power supply. The detected information is converted to a high-frequency signal and outputted to the motherboard via a 'power good' pin in an ATX power connector. The motherboard may obtain a voltage, current, power, temperature and other values inside the power supply via the ATX power connector and allow the values to be displayed on the screen to provide a real-time monitoring function for the users.