interfaces to an integrated drive electronics ide hard drive device hdd 50 cd rom compact disk read only memory drive 52 and or a floppy disk drive fdd 54 other disk drive devices not expressly shown which may be interfaced to the i o controller include a removable hard drive a zip drive a cd rw compact disk read write drive and a cd dvd compact disk digital versatile disk drive communication controller 56 is preferably provided and enables information handling system 10 to communicate with communication network 58 e g an ethernet network communication network 58 may include a local area network lan wide area network wan internet intranet wireless broadband or the like communication controller 56 may be employed to form a network interface for communicating with other information handling systems not expressly shown coupled to communication network 58 as illustrated information handling system 10 preferably includes power supply 60 which provides power to the many components and or devices that form information handling system 10 power supply 60 may be a rechargeable battery such as a nickel metal hydride u201c nimh u201d or lithium ion battery when information handling system 10 is embodied as a portable or notebook computer an a c alternating current power source an uninterruptible power supply ups or other power source power supply 60 is preferably coupled to power management.