Abstract: A heat sink assembly for use with edge connectors, e.g., card edge connectors, of cards or printed circuit boards. The heat sink assembly provides a relatively large heat transfer capacity to control temperatures in contacts of the edge connectors which increases the current rating of the connector by allowing more current to pass through the connector. The heat sink assembly includes fins attached to the edge connector power and ground leads by direct thermal connection, such as soldering, to traces in the board. The fins are connected to the power and ground leads in an alternating or interweaved fashion. The fins are fabricated from thermal conducting material and heat is conducted to the fins where it is removed by the relatively large surface area of the fins. Adjacent fins are electrically isolated such that power and ground fins do not contact.

Abstract: A heat sink assembly for use with edge connectors, e.g., card edge connectors, of cards or printed circuit boards. The heat sink assembly provides a relatively large heat transfer capacity to control temperatures in contacts of the edge connectors which increases the current rating of the connector by allowing more current to pass through the connector. The heat sink assembly includes fins attached to the edge connector power and ground leads by direct thermal connection, such as soldering, to traces in the board. The fins are connected to the power and ground leads in an alternating or interweaved fashion. The fins are fabricated from thermal conducting material and heat is conducted to the fins where it is removed by the relatively large surface area of the fins. Adjacent fins are electrically isolated such that power and ground fins do not contact.

Abstract: A computer system and method for allowing access to system partitions while an operating system is operational are disclosed. The system partitions are mounted by the operating system as logical drives so that the system partitions can be accessed as any other logical drive. In one embodiment, a method for accessing a special partition on at least one of a plurality of physical disks associated with a computer system running an operating system includes the operations of identifying a designated disk from the plurality of physical disks, each of the physical disks having a partition table associated therewith, and determining whether there is a special partition on the designated disk.