Patent ID: 6263386
Filing Date: 2001-07-17
Classification: G06F,H05K

Abstract:
A computer system having condition sensing, the computer system including one or more processors having a plurality of contacts for electrically coupling the one or more processors to a circuit board, the computer system comprising:a first contact isolated from a plurality of ground contacts within a processor socket on the circuit board, the around contacts coupled to a ground circuit of the circuit board;a circuit coupled to the isolated first contact for generating a signal indicating a one of the one or more processors has been installed in the processor socket of the circuit board, the circuit responsive to the isolated first contact being coupled to a corresponding around contact of the one of the one or more processors;a second contact isolated from a first plurality of voltage supply contacts within the processor socket on the circuit board, the first plurality of voltage supply contacts coupled to a first voltage supply circuit of the circuit board; anda voltage regulator having a first sense line coupled to the second isolated contact, the voltage regulator for providing precise voltage regulation of a first voltage supply associated with a first voltage applied to the one of the one or more processors through the first plurality of voltage supply contacts.