Patent ID: 8503187

Claim:
A computer system, comprising: a motherboard comprising: a storage device interface; a first connecting interface; a first power interface; and a memory slot comprising: a plurality of first power pins, a plurality of first ground pins, and first and second indication signal pins, wherein the first and second indication signal pins are connected to the first connecting interface; a serial advanced technology attachment dual-in-line memory module (SATA DIMM) comprising: a circuit board comprising: an edge connector set on a bottom edge of the circuit board engaged in the memory slot, the edge connector comprising a plurality of second power pins connected to the first power pins, a plurality of second ground pins connected to the first ground pins, and third and fourth indication signal pins connected to the corresponding first and second indication signal pins; a control chip arranged on the circuit board and connected to the plurality of second power pins of the edge connector, wherein the control chip comprises first and second input/output (I/O) pins, the first and second I/O pins of the control chip are connected to the corresponding third and fourth indication signal pins; a plurality of storage chips arranged on the circuit board, and connected to the plurality of second power pins and the control chip; and a SATA connector arranged on the circuit board, and connected to the control chip and the storage device interface of the motherboard; and an indication unit comprising: a second connecting interface connected to the first connecting interface; a second power interface connected to the first power interface; a first light emitting diode (LED); and a second LED; wherein two pins of the second connecting interface are respectively connected to cathodes of the first and second LEDs, anodes of the first and second LEDs are connected to the second power interface, when the SATA DIMM module is at a first data transfer rate, the first I/O pin of the control chip outputs a low level signal to the cathode of the first LED through the third indication signal pin, the first indication signal pin, the first and second connecting interfaces, the first LED is lit; when the SATA DIMM module is at a second data transfer rate, the second I/O pin of the control chip output a low level signal to the cathode of the second LED through the fourth indication signal pin, the second indication signal pin, and the first and second connecting interfaces, the second LED is lit.