Patent ID: 9063733
Filing Date: 2015-06-23
Classification: G06F,Y02D

Abstract:
1. A method of managing power modes of a computing system, the computing system comprising a power supply and a plurality of computing components, the power supply configured to supply power, through a plurality of power supply channels, to the computing components, the method comprising: operating, by a power control unit, the computing system in a performance power mode, including allowing each power channel to consume power greater than a predefined maximum power consumption threshold, the predefined maximum power consumption representing specifying a user safety threshold; receiving, by the power control unit, a signal representing a user's physical access to the computing components via a safety cover during operation of the computing system; and operating, by the power control unit, the computing system in a safety mode, insuring that each of the power supply channels does not consume power greater than the predefined maximum power consumption threshold, including: throttling, by the power control unit, power consumption of one or more of the computing components; monitoring, by the power control unit, power consumption of each power supply channel; and shutting down the computing system when at least one power supply channel consumes power greater than the predefined maximum power consumption threshold.