Patent ID: 8520401

Claim:
A motherboard assembly comprising: a motherboard comprising: an expansion slot comprising a plurality of first power pins, a plurality of first ground pins, and a protrusion set in the expansion slot; and a storage device interface arranged on the motherboard; and a serial advanced technology attachment dual-in-line memory module (SATA DIMM) comprising: a circuit board defining a notch in a bottom edge of the circuit board; a SATA connector arranged on the circuit board and connected to the storage device interface of the motherboard; a plurality of storage chips; a control chip arranged on the circuit board and connected to the SATA connector and the plurality of storage chips; a voltage converting circuit arranged on the circuit board and connected to the control chip and the plurality of storage chips; and an edge connector arranged on the bottom edge of the circuit board, to insert into the expansion slot of the motherboard, wherein the edge connector comprises a plurality of second power pins connected to the voltage converting circuit and corresponding to the first power pins and a plurality of second ground pins corresponding to the first ground pins; wherein in response to the edge connector of the SATA DIMM module being engaged in the expansion slot, the second power pins of the edge connector are connected to the first power pins of the expansion slot, the second ground pins of the edge connector are connected to the first ground pins of the expansion slot, and the notch of the SATA DIMM module engages with the protrusion of the expansion slot.