Electrical computers and digital processing systems: support – Computer power control
Patent
1997-04-18
1999-07-06
Auve, Glenn A.
Electrical computers and digital processing systems: support
Computer power control
307130, 323282, 361731, 361737, 361764, 361767, 361808, 439 44, 439 59, G06F 126, H02M 100, H02M 306, H05K 111
Patent
active
059192593
ABSTRACT:
A method and apparatus for supplying power to a central processing unit (CPU) in computer systems which normally mount CPUs on a motherboard and supplies power to the CPUs via motherboard circuitry which delivers CPU current from power supply sources connected to the motherboard. The method provides the supply of partial or complete power to a CPU mounted on a computer motherboard directly from a power supply and involves the steps (a) disconnecting the power supply to the motherboard; (b) disconnecting the CPU from a CPU socket or plug on the motherboard; (c) mounting the CPU on an adaptor that can be installed in the CPU socket or plug on the motherboard; (d) installing the adaptor and the mounted CPU in the CPU socket or plug on the motherboard; (e) attaching the power supply to the adaptor to provide partial or complete power to the CPU; and, (f) attaching the power supply to the motherboard. One embodiment of the apparatus is an adaptor which mounts a CPU and then mounts into the CPU socket or plug in the motherboard. The adaptor is configured to disconnect partial or complete CPU power delivered by the motherboard and provide partial or complete CPU power directly from the power supply.
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Auve Glenn A.
Lefkowitz Sumati
Litman Richard C.
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