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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2013
Applicant:
Emc Corporation, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Inventors:
Mickey S. Felton, Sterling, MA (US);
Robert P. Wierzbicki, Worcester, MA (US);
Michael Gregoire, Waltham, MA (US);
Assignee:
EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 1/11 (2006.01); H05K 1/14 (2006.01); G06F 1/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/185 (2013.01);
Abstract
An IT device includes a system board and a riser card socket electrically coupled to the system board and configured to receive a riser card. At least one expansion card slot is electrically coupled to the system board and configured to receive at least one expansion card. A controller assembly is electrically coupled to the system board and configured to energize the at least one expansion card slot while the riser card socket is empty.