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7624318 Method and apparatus for automatically identifying multiple combinations of operational and non-operational components on integrated circuit chips with a single part number  
A computer implemented method, a data processing system, and a computer usable program code for automatically identifying multiple combinations of operational and non-operational components with a...
7624260 System executing a fast boot wake-up  
A processing system is set forth that includes a processor, read only memory storing an operating system image file accessible by the processor, and random access memory that is also accessible by...
7613952 Method for facilitating BIOS testing  
A method for facilitating basic input and output system (BIOS) testing is provided. In the method, a BIOS program code to be tested is loaded into a memory unit by a BIOS debugging card to execute...
7613916 Method for burning chips  
A method for burning a BIOS chip ( 108 ) and a network card chip ( 107 ) that are attached on a motherboard ( 106 ), includes the steps of: storing a plurality of MAC addresses in a burning device...
7610482 Method and system for managing boot trace information in host bus adapters  
Method and system for managing boot trace information is provided. The system includes a utility module executed by a computing system processor that enables boot trace collection in a host bus...
7596684 System and method for checking validities of installing hard disks in a computer  
A system for checking validities of installing hard disks in a computer is provided. The system includes: a calling module ( 10 ) for calling BIOS interrupt named INT 13 ; a setting module ( 11 )...
7590837 Electronic device security and tracking system and method  
A system and method for securing and tracking an electronic device. The system includes hardware, software and firmware components that cooperate to allow tracking, disabling, and other interaction...
7584384 Method and apparatus for enabling and disabling a test mode of operation of an electronic memory device without additional interconnects or commands  
A method and apparatus allows an electronic device to operate, first, in a test mode and, second, in a functional mode, the functional mode being the normal operating mode of the device. In the...
7574624 Integrated test method on multi-operating system platform  
An integrated test method on a multi-operation system (OS) platform for performing an integrated test of a file system and disk performance in a computer with an extended firmware interface (EFI)...
7571353 Self-repairing computing device and method of monitoring and repair  
The invention may backup, maintain backups, or recover data associated with a computing system. The computing system may include any number of components including hardware and software, and any...
7570076 Segmented programmable capacitor array for improved density and reduced leakage  
A capacitor circuit and method to reduce layout area, leakage current, and to improve yield is disclosed. The circuit includes an output terminal ( 100 ), a plurality of circuit elements ( 322,...
7561944 High integrity and availability multi-channel systems  
Systems and methods for asynchronous multi-channel data communications are provided. In one embodiment, a system in accordance with the invention includes a plurality of redundant pairs of computer...
7555683 Inventory determination for facilitating commercial transactions during diagnostic tests  
The invention provides for facilitating e-commerce transactions between a client and a server over a network. In particular, a client, such as a client computing device, can perform a diagnostic...
7555678 System for booting from a non-XIP memory utilizing a boot engine that does not have ECC capabilities during booting  
A booting system is disclosed for booting from a non-XIP memory utilizing a boot engine that does not have ECC capabilities during booting. The booting system includes: a non-XIP memory for storing...
7555677 System and method for diagnostic test innovation  
A method and system for performing diagnostic testing to speed the computer boot process. A boot process is initiated and an error counter value is read in any of memory, input/output, central...
7552424 Apparatus and method for identifying a system under test  
A system and method for testing an application on a target system are described. The target system is assigned a logical name which is used by within a test script to reference the target system....
7549086 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 FD 1 1 stored previously in...
7549085 Method and apparatus to insert special instruction  
A method and apparatus to insert special instruction. At least one of the illustrative embodiments is a method comprising converting a first representation of a computer program to a second...
7546472 Information handling system that supplies power to a memory expansion board  
An information handling system (“IHS”) including a processor, a memory controller coupled to the processor, and a memory device interface coupled to the memory controller is provided. The IHS...
7543183 Method and system for automated technical support for computers  
A method and system for automated support in a computer system. The computer system has a service button, and pressing of the service button causes a bit to be set in a register in the chip set....
7536598 Computer system capable of supporting a plurality of independent computing environments  
A method for a computer repairing itself to an operational status at any time during operation, the method comprising the computer-executed steps of: booting from a first hard disk drive boot...
7526693 Initial decision-point circuit operation mode  
A circuit that includes a controller and at least one control I/O pin. When the controller is placed into an initial state, the controller initializes the circuit into an initial operation mode....
7523350 Timer-based apparatus and method for fault-tolerant booting of a storage controller  
A fault tolerant storage controller having a processor, redundant copies of a stored program, and a timer that automatically runs when the processor is reset is disclosed. Selection logic selects a...
7509357 Transparent file restore  
Provided is a method, system, and program for automatically handling an error when retrieving a file for an application. An error is detected while the application retrieves a file from the storage...
7506209 Computer shutoff condition monitoring method, information processing apparatus, program and computer readable information recording medium  
A shutoff condition monitoring method for a computer, includes the steps of: a) determining that an abnormal shutoff has occurred when the computer shuts off without passing through predetermined...
7506208 Apparatus and method for crisis recovery  
Embodiments of an apparatus and method for recovering a system from system crisis can start a crisis recovering routine by pressing a prescribed button (e.g., existing power button) for a...
7505870 System and method for information handling system thermal diagnostics  
Thermal subsystems of manufactured information handling systems are tested for compliance with desired parameters by running a thermal diagnostics module in firmware during one or more...
7496793 Error reporting method and system  
An error reporting method is used for reporting errors in testing a computer system. The error reporting method includes the following steps: testing the computer system to find errors; generating...
7493484 Method and apparatus for executing the boot code of embedded systems  
A memory system and corresponding method for executing boot code stored therein are provided, the memory system including a mode decoder, a first memory in signal communication with the mode...
7493422 Loss of universal serial bus communication  
Triggers are developed for indicating the presence of non-recoverable and/or recoverable loss of communication situations between a device and device driver software using universal serial bus...
7484126 Power system providing power to at least one component including circuit for minimizing effects of power interruptions and method of using same  
A power system ( 10 ) includes a power source ( 12 ) having a power output ( 14 ) and a signal output ( 16 ) and is shiftable between an off state and an on state supplying a given power from the...
7484125 Method and apparatus for providing updated processor polling information  
Embodiments of the invention provide a method and an apparatus to collect and dynamically update processor polling information. In one method embodiment, the present invention collects processor...
7478349 Automatically synchronizing timed circuits on I/O Devices  
System and method for automatically synchronizing multiple I/O devices with homogeneous and/or heterogeneous timing and I/O channel types. A graphical program specifying configuration and operation...
7478268 Deallocation of memory in a logically-partitioned computer  
A method, apparatus, system, and computer-readable storage medium that, in an embodiment, set uncorrectable error indicators in logical memory blocks in response to detecting an uncorrectable error...
7475295 Intelligent watchdog circuit  
A simple, but intelligent watchdog circuit uses an up/down counter for its delay element. A watchdog event will occur if the counter is allowed to over flow or under flow its boundaries (in either...
7467328 Kernel configuration recovery  
Systems, methods, and devices are provided for kernel configurations. One embodiment includes a kernel configuration tool, a system file accessible by the kernel configuration tool, and means for...
7444558 Programmable measurement mode for a serial point to point link  
A serial point to point link that communicatively couples an integrated circuit (IC) device to another IC device is initialized by transferring a training sequence of symbols over the link....
7434102 High density compute center resilient booting  
A system and method to implement a resilient compute center. A plurality of processing systems is initialized. Each of the processing systems capable of operation communicates status information...
7430659 System and method to initialize a multiple function device with a multi-part boot algorithm  
A method for “booting up” a multiple function device that involves first detecting the activation of the multiple function device. A 1 st boot algorithm, retrieved from read-only memory, is...
7428663 Electronic device diagnostic methods and systems  
Diagnostic methods and systems for electronic devices are disclosed. Separate dedicated diagnostic software code and operating code are respectively executed in a diagnostic mode and an operating...
7421620 Configuration proxy service for the extended firmware interface environment  
A method of abstracting information through object interfaces is described. The object interfaces are used to present platform device information in a pre-boot service environment. Firmware tables...
7415634 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...
7409539 System design and code update strategy to implement a self-healing, self-verifying system  
The present invention relates to boot code processing of a computer system, and in particular to a method and respective system for managing boot code of a computer system, wherein the system...
7405723 Apparatus for testing display device and method for testing the same  
An apparatus for testing a display device includes a display device to display test patterns, a graphic process unit to supply analog mode signals and digital mode signals to the display device,...
7404072 System and method for loading a valid image from one of a plurality of images into a memory of a network device  
A system for loading images includes a read-only memory (ROM) ( 160 ) for storing the images; an initialization module ( 110 ) for initializing a running environment of the system, and for starting...
7403957 Image forming apparatus having control codes and rewrite control method for the same  
In an image forming apparatus for forming an image in accordance with control codes stored in a plurality of memory media, when the control codes stored in the plurality of memory media to control...
7398425 Information processing apparatus including NAND flash memory, and information processing method for the same  
An information processing apparatus includes a non-volatile memory including a first block where data error does not occur and a second block where data error is possible to occur. The first block...
7395459 Method for monitoring audible tones in a multiple planar chassis  
Aspects for monitoring audible tones indicative of operational status of each planar in a multiple planar chassis are described. Included in the aspects is the monitoring of a speaker channel of...
7395455 System, method and program product for recovering from a failure  
System, method and computer program product for recovering from a failure of a computing device. Start up of a first component of the device is monitored and a determination is made whether the...
7392432 Synchronizing cross checked processors during initialization by miscompare  
A few inexpensive hardware facilities are incorporated in a tightly synchronized cross checked design. These facilities allow initialization software to quickly bring the two processors to the same...
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