Patent ID: 6108199
Filing Date: 2000-08-22
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A modular personal computer system, comprising:a first housing having a plurality of exterior sides, said housing configured for a notebook computer;a motherboard;a central processing unit (CPU) carried by said motherboard;said first housing configured to form one or more interior cavities sized and shaped to form one or more predetermined bays configured to receive and enclose at least a portion of correspondingly sized and shaped modules inside said interior cavities;a first electrical connector carried in an interior portion of each of said one or more interior cavities, said first electrical connector electrically coupled to said motherboard;a module adapted to be received in said one or more interior cavities, said module comprising a second housing for housing a plurality of heterogenous devices, one of said heterogenous devices electrically coupled a second electrical connector carried by said second housing, said second electrical connector being configured to mate with said first electrical connector when said second housing is inserted into said one or more cavities;means for detecting which of said heterogenous devices is connected to said second connector and configuring said modular personal computer in accordance with that device,means for enabling said second housing to be removed without opening said first housing.