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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2008
Christopher Rijken, Houston, TX (US);
Juan Martinez, Tomball, TX (US);
Shan Chen, Taipei, TW;
Peter W. Austin, Spring, TX (US);
Chi W. SO, Houston, TX (US);
Christopher Rijken, Houston, TX (US);
Juan Martinez, Tomball, TX (US);
Shan Chen, Taipei, TW;
Peter W. Austin, Spring, TX (US);
Chi W. So, Houston, TX (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a computer system comprises one or more processors, a circuit board assembly having at least one SATA port, a general purpose input/output port proximate the SATA port, signal generating logic to generate a signal when the general purpose input/output port is coupled to a connector, and a memory module communicatively connected to the one or more processors and comprising logic instructions stored in a computer readable medium which, when executed on the one or more processors, configure the one or more processors to configure the SATA port according to the signal generated by the signal generating circuitry.