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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 12, 2010
David T. Windell, Research Triangle Park, NC (US);
Jeffrey J. Smith, Research Triangle Park, NC (US);
Timothy A. Meserth, Research Triangle Park, NC (US);
Seth D. Lewis, Rochester, MN (US);
David T. Windell, Research Triangle Park, NC (US);
Jeffrey J. Smith, Research Triangle Park, NC (US);
Timothy A. Meserth, Research Triangle Park, NC (US);
Seth D. Lewis, Rochester, MN (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
An A filler module may include, but is not limited to: a body portion; and at least one conductive portion receivable within a component port of a computing device. A method for initializing a computing system may include but is not limited to: detecting a presence or absence of one or more filler modules within one or more computing device component ports; and determining compliance with an allowed filler module configuration according to the detection of the presence or absence of the one or more filler modules withing the one or more computing device component ports. A system comprising: a computing device component port; and a processing device configured to: detect a presence or absence of one or more filler modules within one or more computing device component ports, and determine compliance with an allowed filler module configuration according to the detection of the presence or absence of the one or more filler modules within the one or more computing device component ports.