Patent ID: 8582313

Claim:
A motherboard assembly, comprising: a motherboard comprising a storage device interface and a plurality of memory slots, wherein each of the plurality of memory slots comprises a plurality of first power pins and a plurality of first ground pins; an adapter board comprising: a serial advanced technology attachment (SATA) interface to be electrically connected to the storage device interface of the motherboard; a hard disk drive (HDD) signal multiplier connected to the SATA interface; a plurality of expansion SATA interfaces connected to the HDD signal multiplier; and a power interface to be connected to a power supply, to receive a voltage from the power supply and to provide the received voltage to the SATA interface, the HDD signal multiplier, and the plurality of expansion SATA interfaces; and a plurality of SATA dual-in-line memory modules (DIMMs), each of the plurality of SATA DIMM modules comprising: a circuit board; an edge connector set on a bottom edge of the circuit board to engage in a corresponding one of the memory slots of the motherboard, the edge connector comprising a plurality of second power pins corresponding to the first power pins, and a plurality of second ground pins corresponding to the first ground pins; a first power circuit arranged on the circuit board and connected to the plurality of second power pins of the edge connector; a control chip; and a connector arranged on the circuit board, and connected to the control chip and a corresponding one of the expansion SATA interfaces of the adapter board.