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  • Computer device, expansion device management method, and computer program
    Patent number: 7024507
    Abstract: A user specifies, in advance, the expansion devices which he/she does not want to remove among the expansion devices which are attachable/detachable with respect to the PC, and the specified expansion devices are excluded from a list displayed later for the user to select an expansion device to remove. Besides, whether to display expansion devices in the list is specified to an BIOS and the information referenced by the BIOS is stored in an NVRAM.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2006
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pty Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Inui, Masahiko Nomura, Noritoshi Yoshiyama