Patent ID: 7266623
Filing Date: 2007-09-04
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A portable computer, capable of being selectively configured with a first hard disk or a second hard disk, the portable computer comprising: a controller, comprising; an interface connector, electrically coupled with the first interface controlling unit and the second interface controlling unit, capable of being selectively electrically coupled with the first hard disk or the second hard disk, the interface connector comprising: a second interface adapter, for coupling the interface connector with the second hard disk and correspondingly electrically coupling the second interface pins and the common pins with the second hard disk as the portable computer is configured with the second hard disk; wherein as the portable computer is configured with the first hard disk, the first interface controlling unit controls the first hard disk via the first interface pins and the common pins of the interface connector, and as the portable computer is configured with the second hard disk, the second interface controlling unit controls the second hard disk via the second interface pins and the common pins of the interface connector and via the second interface adapter.