METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATICALLY ENABLING REPLACEMENT HARDWARE

摘要

The invention is directed to a method and apparatus for automatically enabling replacement hardware. A method for automatically enabling hardware in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention includes: setting a presence bit of the hardware to a first value in response to a removal of the hardware from a socket; replacing the hardware into the socket; storing the first value of the presence bit in a memory; and automatically re-enabling the socket based on the stored first value of the presence bit for the socket or for assemblies containing the socket.