Patent ID: 7248264
Filing Date: 2007-07-24
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. Apparatus comprising: a motherboard usable in a laptop computing device; a central processing unit mounted to the motherboard; an integrated graphics processor (IGP) mounted to the motherboard; a field-changeable graphics card interfaced to the motherboard; a plurality of signal paths, including at least a first set of signal paths adapted for interfacing the field-changeable graphics card to a plurality of output display panels and a second set of signal paths for interfacing the integrated graphics processor to the plurality of output display panels; and a plurality of stuffing resistors to select between closing the first set of signal paths while leaving the second set of signal paths open or closing the second set of signal paths while leaving the first set of signal paths open, wherein the field-changeable graphics card resides in an independent, spaced-apart relation relative to the motherboard.