Various methods and apparatuses for power states in a...

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2005-06-30

2009-12-08

Lee, Thomas (Department: 2116)

Electrical computers and digital processing systems: support

Computer power control

C713S320000, C713S323000, C713S324000, C439S043000, C439S044000, C439S055000

Reexamination Certificate

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07631199

ABSTRACT:
Various methods, apparatuses, and systems are described in which a chipset controller has circuitry to control communications with a peripheral device in a computing device. The chipset controller has logic configured 1) to detect a plug-in event when the peripheral device connects to the chipset controller and 2) to transition the chipset controller from a low power consumption state to a higher power consumption state based on the logic detecting the plug-in event.

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