Patent ID: 7535730
Filing Date: 2009-05-19
Classification: H05K,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method of accessing a printed circuit board in a computer system, comprising: sliding a card along a guide slot in the computer system from an attached position in which the card is electrically connected to a motherboard via an electrical connector to an intermediate position in which the card is not electrically connected to the motherboard via the electrical connector, the intermediate position located between the attached position and a removed position in which the card is removed from the guide slot; when the card reaches the intermediate position, a first detent formed along an edge of the card automatically interacting with a guide tab associated with the guide slot to support the card in the intermediate position; wherein the guide tab and the first detent do not interact in the attached position of the card; sliding the card from the intermediate position towards the attached position; and when the card reaches the attached position, a second detent formed along the same edge of the card as the first detent automatically interacting with the guide tab associated with the guide slot; wherein interacting with the second detent includes forming an electrical contact between the guide tab and a ground pad.