Patent ID: 7466557

Claim:
An information processing apparatus having a chassis, comprising: a motherboard; an expansion slot exchange device electronically connected to said motherboard and configured to hold an expansion card so that a primary plane of said expansion card is located in a plane parallel to the primary plane of the motherboard and a profile along said primary plane of said expansion card does not extend beyond a profile along said primary plane of said motherboard, said expansion slot exchange device being located within said chassis primarily in a first plane orthogonal to the primary plane of the motherboard; a memory device electronically connected to said motherboard and disposed within said chassis primarily in a second plane orthogonal to the primary plane of the motherboard; and a support member located within said chassis primarily in a third plane orthogonal to the primary plane of said motherboard and configured to support said memory device and to hold said expansion slot exchange device, said third orthogonal plane between said first and second orthogonal planes, wherein said memory device and said expansion slot exchange device at least partially overlap in a direction parallel to the primary plane of said motherboard.