Working states of hard disks indicating apparatus
US8830611B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 20, 2013 |
| Grant date | Sep 9, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 20, 2033 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG11B2220/2516
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An apparatus for indicating working states of hard disks includes a south bridge chip, a CPLD controller chip, a BMC chip, and indicating lights. The south bridge chip stores hard disk information of the hard disks. The CPLD controller chip reads position signals and data signals from the hard disk information and converts the position signals and the data signals into working states signals of the hard disks. The BMC chip receives the working states signals. If working states of the hard disks changes, the BMC chip converts the working states signals into changed position signals and changed data signals. The corresponding indicating lights receive the changed position signals and the changed data signals and indicates the changed working states of the hard disks according to the changed position signals and the changed data signals.
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