Patent ID: 7509444

Claim:
A data access device for working with a computer, the computer having a power supply device, a motherboard, and a data storage device, the data access device being fixedly implemented between the power supply device and the motherboard and the data storage device in the computer and comprising: a power multiplexer, connected between the power supply device and the data storage device for establishing power channels according to a control signal to supply power to the data storage device; a DC to DC converter, connected to the power multiplexer for converting standby power provided by the power supply device and applying the converted power to the data storage device via the power multiplexer; a serial bus signal to storage interface signal controller, for converting a storage interface signal of the data storage device into a serial bus signal, or converting the serial bus signal inputted from an external device into the storage interface signal of the data storage device; a data storage interface signal multiplexer, for establishing a data transmitting channel according to the control signal, so as to select the motherboard or external device to access the data storage device; and a path controller electrically connected to the power supply device, the power multiplexer, the serial bus signal to storage interface signal controller, and the data storage interface signal multiplexer, the path controller is located within the data access device; wherein, the path controller is based on a power good signal of the power supply device to determine whether the computer is at power on, and when the computer is at power off and the path controller detects that an external serial bus signal is inputted to the serial bus signal to storage interface signal controller, the path controller outputs the control signal to control the power multiplexer for providing the established power channels to supply power to the data storage device and to control the data storage interface signal multiplexer to switch the data transmitting channel.