Patent ID: 8495398

Claim:
An information handling system (IHS) remote input/output (I/O) system, comprising: a remote I/O chassis, the remote I/O chassis including: a power button; a communication bus connection point; and an audio connection point; and a flextible, elongated cable enclosure extending from the remote I/O chassis and including a distal end, the cable enclosure housing each of: a power cable that is coupled to the power button and that includes a power cable plug that is located adjacent the distal end of the cable enclosure and that couples to a remote I/O card, wherein the remote I/O card is connected to a pass through plug that is configured to couple between a motherboard I/O plug and an I/O cable plug that provides signals to the motherboard I/O plug from an IHS chassis power button on a desktop IHS chassis; a communication cable that is coupled to the communication bus connection point and that includes a communication connection point plug that is located adjacent the distal end of the cable enclosure and that couples to a communication bus connection on the desktop IHS chassis; and an audio cable that is coupled to the audio connection point and that includes an audio connection point plug that is located adjacent the distal end of the cable enclosure and that couples to an audio connection on the desktop IHS chassis.