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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8171342 | Device and method for outputting BIOS POST code A device and method for outputting BIOS POST code, applied to a computer system. The device includes a basic input output system (BIOS), a transfer module and a video graphics array (VGA) connector. The BIOS generates a power-on self-test (POST) code using a low pin... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8166346 | Power-on test system and method A power-on test system is used to test a number of blades of a blade server. The power-on test system supplies power to the number of blades. The power-on test system times for the blades after supplying power, and determines whether the blades are powered on after ... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8140906 | Techniques for recovering data from cold images Techniques for recovering data from cold images are disclosed. In one particular exemplary embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a computer implemented method for recovering data from cold images comprising searching storage associated with a target recovery... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8135991 | Semiconductor device and processing method for starting the same A flash memory is made to store a same boot program in a plurality of blocks in it. When a flash memory controller receives an access command for accessing the storage region storing the boot program from a CPU (Step S101), it outputs the read out data to the... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8132055 | Operating system-firmware interface update recovery Operating system (‘OS’)-firmware interface update recovery including determining, for each of a plurality of available OS-firmware interface images for booting a computer, whether each available OS-firmware interface image is corrupted or uncorrupted; setting, f... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8122293 | Method for automatically simulating manual testing of a computer, and testing system for performing the method A method for automatically simulating manual testing of a computer after the computer is powered on includes the steps of: (a) connecting the computer to an external storage device having a script recorded thereon that corresponds to a manual testing operation; and ... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8112670 | Gaming apparatus having memory fault detection In the information process device 1, the fault inspection program is stored in the fault inspection program area 13b of the ROM 13 provided on the mother board 11 which is independently arranged from the hard disk 24, thereb... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8099630 | Hardware diagnostics determination during initial program loading Disclosed are a method, system and computer program product for determining hardware diagnostics during initial program loading (IPL). A space is allocated for a diagnostics hardware table storing hardware identifications corresponding to hardware to be tested. A ha... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8086901 | Timer circuit and timer method A timer circuit and a timer method are provided for a BIOS of an electronic device. The timer circuit includes a processing module, a setting module, and a display module. The processing module includes a microprocessor unit (MCU), a clock circuit 20, and a r... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8086900 | System, method and computer program product for testing a boot image According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, a method for testing a boot image is disclosed. The method comprises creating a test boot image for a first logical partition, creating a second logical partition wherein the second logical partition is a duplic... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8082470 | Share resources and increase reliability in a server environment Methods and systems for a low-cost high density compute environment with increased fail-over support through resource sharing and resources chaining. In one embodiment, one of a number of servers qualified to share resources is elected as a resource server. The shar... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8074114 | Motherboard error detection system A motherboard error detection system includes a pluggable error detection board and a motherboard having a boot management chip. When the motherboard enters a device-driven status from a standby status, the boot management chip is used to manage power-on timings of ... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8065563 | System for booting from a non-XIP memory utilizing a boot engine that does not have ECC capabilities during booting A booting system includes: a non-XIP memory, for storing a plurality of booting images, wherein the booting images comprise a source image and a plurality of duplicates of the source image; an XIP memory, coupled to the non-XIP memory; and a code shadowing module, c... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8060784 | Programmable logic device and methods for providing multi-boot configuration data support In one embodiment of the invention, a programmable logic device includes configuration memory and a controller. The controller can read a first bitstream from a first memory block of non-volatile memory and detect whether the first bitstream contains a valid preambl... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8060785 | Method for tuning parameters in memory and computer system using the same A method for tuning memory parameter values and a computer system using the same are disclosed. In the invention, the computer system provides an embedded controller which may accumulate a counting value and send a reset signal to reboot the computer system. Firstly... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8060786 | Method for recovering basic input output system and computer device thereof A method for recovering a basic input output system (BIOS) and a computer device thereof are disclosed. The computer device includes a motherboard, a power button, a BIOS storage unit, and an embedded controller. The BIOS storage unit is disposed on the motherboard,... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8055948 | Resilient software-controlled redundant array of independent disks (RAID) Method and computer program product for identifying a primary disk storage medium that is higher in a boot order than a secondary disk storage medium in a software RAID, and testing for a hardware failure of the primary disk storage medium during the BIOS power-on s... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8051331 | Memory card and its initial setting method In the initial setting of a memory card 1, the flash check data FD stored in a flash memory 2 is read out, this data FD is compared with the operation check data FD11 stored previously in the ROM, the write check data FD12... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8037358 | Semiconductor device and boot method for the same A semiconductor device is designed to provide an access control for a memory that includes a plurality of storage regions storing the same boot programs comprised of a set of program data. The semiconductor device is provided with a memory controller for reading out... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8032791 | Diagnosis of and response to failure at reset in a data processing system Detection of a reset failure in a multinode data processing system is provided by a diagnostic circuit in each of a plurality of the server nodes of the system. Each diagnostic circuit is coupled to a code fetch chain of its corresponding node. At reset, prior to a ... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8015449 | Computer, and method for error-detecting and booting of BIOS thereof A computer has a first BIOS unit, a second BIOS unit, a bus, a detecting unit, and a first delay unit. The detecting unit is connected to the bus, the first BIOS unit, and the second BIOS unit operationally. In addition, the first delay unit is electrically connecte... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8006137 | Computer debug method A computer debug method includes following steps: a Power-On Self Test (POST) is started; several function tests of the POST are executed respectively, wherein at least one set of codes corresponding to each following executing function test is stored in a memory be... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7996720 | Apparatus and method of mirroring firmware and data of embedded system Disclosed is an apparatus and method of mirroring firmware and data of an embedded system. The embedded system mirrors a boot loader image, a kernel image, a RAM disk image and data that are stored on a main flash memory to be operated onto a secondary flash memory.... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7996711 | Memory errors The present invention provides a method of protecting against errors in a boot memory, the method comprising initiating booting of a processor by executing primary boot code from a primary boot memory, and based on the execution of the primary boot code: accessing a... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7984326 | Memory downsizing in a computer memory subsystem Memory downsizing in a computer memory subsystem, the subsystem including one or more channels of computer memory with each channel including several Dual In-line Memory Modules (‘DIMMs’) and each DIMM capable of on-die termination (‘ODT’). Memory downsizing... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7975178 | Memory device and system with cyclic, ECC-corrected bootloading operation during voltage bring up Provided are a semiconductor memory device, memory system and method of executing a bootloading operation. The method includes cyclically executing a bootloading operation cycle that includes loading the boot information from the memory to the controller, and perfor... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7971099 | Method for enabling faster recovery of client applications in the event of server failure A system and method are provided for improving recovery times in fallover conditions in a multinode data processing system by sending notification of the failure of a server node, which is acting as server for a client application running on a client node, to the cl... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7971098 | Bootstrap device and methods thereof A method of booting a multi-processor data processing device includes establishing a link between a first processor and a memory. The link is monitored to determine if, in response to a request from the processor, expected initialization data is communicated between... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7962795 | Embedded system and method of recovering flash memory The present invention provides an embedded system and method for recovering the file system of flash memory when damage has occurred to the file system of the flash memory. The embedded system is equipped with NOR flash memory. The embedded system includes boot Prog... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7958398 | Reference state information generation A method for generating reference state information, the method includes: comparing between at least one sequence of block identifiers that are accessed during a test period and at least one corresponding reference sequence of block identifiers to provide a comparis... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7941704 | Maintenance management system, database server, maintenance management program, and maintenance management method A maintenance management system according to the present invention has an electronic device and a database server. In one embodiment of the invention, the electronic device further includes: (1) a log generating unit for collecting states of components and generatin... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7925928 | Information processing apparatus for performing a system boot by using programs stored in a non-volatile storage device After power activation, a transferer 14 detects a bootstrap program 111 having a first error check code 114 assigned thereto and being stored in a first storage device 11, subjects the bootstrap program 111 to an error detection/co... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7900091 | Method for recovering basic input output system and computer device thereof The invention discloses a method for recovering a basic input output system (BIOS) and a computer device thereof. The computer device of the invention includes a motherboard, a power button, a BIOS storage unit, and an embedded controller. The BIOS storage unit is d... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7886190 | System and method for enabling seamless boot recovery In some embodiments, the invention involves a system and method relating to autonomic boot recovery. In at least one embodiment, the present invention utilizes an embedded partition to safeguard boot information to be used in the event of a boot failure. An agent wi... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7886191 | Method for rebooting a signal processing system A method for rebooting a system having a plurality of execution units in a safe operating mode; after receiving a request signal, the signals delivered by the execution units are compared with one another as a function of a comparison operation to detect a signal de... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7886192 | Method for fast system recovery via degraded reboot A system and method for fast system recovery that bypasses diagnostic routines by disconnecting failed hardware from the system before rebooting. Failed hardware and hardware that will be affected by removal of the failed hardware of the system are disconnected from... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7877639 | Systems and methods to provide failover support for booting embedded hypervisor from an internal non-volatile memory card The present disclosure further relates to information handling systems with failover support for booting an embedded hypervisor, the information handling system. For example, an information handling system with failover support may comprise a processor; one or more ... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7865775 | Remote firmware recovery Embodiments of the present invention provide methods, systems, and apparatus for instantiating, by a computing system, a firmware recovery module in response to a detected firmware failure during a system startup. The firmware recovery module establishes access to a... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7861117 | Method to recover from a boot device failure during reboot or system IPL A method of automatic recovery from a boot device failure and an initial program load (IPL) failure of an operating system (OS) comprises: receiving and complying with a user selected option of an action upon an event of a boot device failure and an IPL failure. The... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7840846 | Point of sale system boot failure detection A computer implemented method and computer program product for detecting and communicating boot failures in a client device. A Dynamic Host Control Protocol server is configured to monitor Dynamic Host Control Protocol communications from one or more client devices,... | 11/23/2010 |
