Abstract: An apparatus and method for selectively configuring a first PCI Express connector and a second PCI Express connector. The apparatus includes a PCB (printed circuit board) having a PCI Express first connector and a PCI Express second connector mounted thereon. A translation device connector and a bridge component are also mounted on the PCB. The bridge component is coupled to the first connector, the second connector, and the translation device connector. The translation device connector is adapted to couple to a translation device in either a first orientation or a second orientation, wherein the first orientation configures the first connector for a first number of lanes and the second orientation configures the first connector and the second connector for a second number of lanes.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for mounting a motherboard to a computer chassis wherein the motherboard includes a first integrated fastener member and the chassis includes a second integrated fastener member. The motherboard is mounted to the chassis by mating the first fastener member to the second fastener member.

Abstract: A method and apparatus providing parallel memory circuitry, such as for example synchronous dynamic random access memory (SDRAM) support in a computer system designed to support serial memory circuitry, such as for example Rambus dynamic random access memory (RDRAM). In one embodiment, a circuit board including a memory translator having serial memory interface logic and parallel memory interface logic is plugged into a serial memory connector on a motherboard designed to utilize serial memory circuitry. The circuit board includes parallel memory circuitry coupled to the parallel memory interface logic of the memory translator. The memory controller on the motherboard accesses the parallel memory circuitry on the circuit board through the memory translator.