Slot Device

• US 20080244142A1
• Filed: 04/02/2008
• Published: 10/02/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 04/02/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: ASUSTek Computer, Inc.
• Original Assignee: ASUSTek Computer, Inc.
• Inventors: Sun, Pei-Hua, Hsu, Ming-Chih, Tu, Chih-Yuan
• Application Number:
  US12/061,219
• Publication Number:
  US 20080244142A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 710/301
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 13/4081 Live connection to bus, e.g. hot-plugging current or voltage limitation during live insertion H02H9/004

Abstract

A slot device has a slot, a determining circuit, and a warning device. The slot is used to install an expansion card. The determining circuit is coupled to the slot and is used to determine whether the expansion card is completely installed to the slot. The warning device is coupled to the determining circuit, and when the determining circuit determines that the expansion card is not completely installed to the slot, the determining circuit controls the warning device to send out a warning signal.

Claims

1. A slot device comprising:

a slot for installing an expansion card;

a determining circuit which is coupled to the slot and is used to determine whether the expansion card is completely installed in the slot; and

a warning device coupled to the determining circuit, wherein when the determining circuit determines that the expansion card is not completely installed to the slot, the determining circuit controls the warning device to send out a warning signal.

2. The slot device according to claim 1, wherein an induction device is provided in the slot and is coupled to the determining circuit.

3. The slot device according to claim 2, wherein the induction device has a first sensing point and a second sensing point, and the first sensing point and the second sensing point are provided at two ends of the slot and are coupled to the determining circuit, respectively.

4. The slot device according to claim 3, wherein the first sensing point and the second sensing point are form as photo interrupters.

5. The slot device according to claim 3, wherein the first sensing point and the second sensing point are floating.

6. The slot device according to claim 5, wherein the first sensing point and the second sensing point are connected to a voltage source and a resistance in series, respectively.

7. The slot device according to claim 3, wherein the slot is a peripheral component interconnect (PCI) express slot, and the first sensing point and the second sensing point are a floating and a PRSNT# point, respectively.

8. The slot device according to claim 7, wherein the first sensing point and the second sensing point are connected to a voltage source and a resistance in series, respectively.

9. The slot device according to claim 1, wherein the slot is a PC[ slot, a memory slot, an accelerated graphics port (AGP) slot or an industry standard architecture (ISA) slot.

10. The slot device according to claim 1, wherein the warning device is a light emitting component or a buzzer.

11. A slot device comprising:

a slot for installing an expansion card, wherein the slot has an induction device, and the induction device has a first sensing point and a second sensing point which are provided at two ends of the slot which are corresponding to the position where the expansion card is installed;

a determining circuit which is coupled to the first sensing point and the second sensing point and is used to determine the condition of the expansion card which is installed to the slot by signals sent out by the first sensing point and the second sensing points; and

a warning device coupled to the determining circuit, wherein when the determining circuit determines that the expansion card is not completely installed to the slot, the determining circuit controls the warning device to send out a warning signal.

12. The slot device according to claim 11, wherein the first sensing point and the second sensing point are form as photo interrupters.

13. The slot device according to claim 11, wherein the first sensing point and the second sensing point are floating.

14. The slot device according to claim 13, wherein the first sensing point and the second sensing point are connected to a voltage source and a resistance in series, respectively.

15. The slot device according to claim 11, wherein the slot is a PCI express slot, and the first sensing point and the second sensing point are a floating and a PRSNT# point.

16. The slot device according to claim 15, wherein the first sensing point and the second sensing point are connected to a voltage source and a resistance in series, respectively.

17. The slot device according to claim 11, wherein the slot is a PCI slot, a memory slot, an AGP slot or an ISA slot.

18. The slot device according to claim 11, wherein the warning device is a light emitting component or a buzzer.