Patent ID: 11877416
Assignee: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 12:
13. A method comprising:
receiving, by a controller, a detection signal of an add-in-card connected to a first slot of a plurality of slots of an inline riser card connected to a peripheral component interconnect express (PCIe) slot communicatively coupled to the controller, wherein the inline riser card comprises a first set of fingers and a second set of fingers, wherein the second set of fingers comprises a twenty pin assignment configuration;
assigning, by the controller, at least one pin of the twenty pin assignment configuration to divert power from an unused PCIe slot to the add-in-card connected to the first slot;
powering the add-in-card by the at least one pin of the twenty pin assignment configuration without an external power source; and
assigning, by the controller, eight data lanes to the first slot to transmit data to and receive data from the add-in-card connected to the inline riser card.