Patent ID: 9563593
Date: 2017-02-07
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. A peripheral component interconnect (PCI) adapter, comprising: a PCI connector connectable to a PCI slot of a motherboard; a first PCI expansion slot connectable to a first PCI card; a second PCI expansion slot connectable to a second PCI card; a detection control circuit connected to the first PCI expansion slot and the second PCI expansion slot; an alarm circuit connected to the detection control circuit; and an alarm switch connected to the detection control circuit; wherein the alarm switch is configured to enable or disable alarm control function of the detection control circuit by outputting an enablement signal or a disablement signal to the detection control circuit; and the detection control circuit is configured to detect operation power of the first PCI card and the second PCI card, and to control the alarm circuit to report a fault alarm when the operation power of the first PCI card exceeds a threshold power of the first PCI expansion slot or the operation power of the second PCI card exceeds a threshold power of the second PCI expansion slot.