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20080288767 | Computer system - The invention provides a computer system, which includes a motherboard, a nonvolatile memory and a chipset provided on the motherboard. The nonvolatile memory stores a first BIOS and a second BIOS. The chipset has an external flag having a first state and a second state corresponding to the first BIOS and second BIOS, respectively. When the external flag is in the first state, the motherboard is booted by the first BIOS. When the external flag is in the second state, the motherboard is booted by the second BIOS. When one BIOS is booted according to the state of the external flag, if the BIOS is damaged, the other complete BIOS is booted and is used to update the damaged BIOS program. | 11-20-2008 |
20100058314 | Computer System and Related Method of Logging BIOS Update Operation - In order to record a BIOS update operation, a non-volatile memory space is configured in a computer system. When the BIOS of the computer are updated, an update log is generated and stored into the non-volatile memory space when updating the BIOS. | 03-04-2010 |
20100072822 | Power Supply System and Related Method and Related Portable Electronic Device - A power supply system installed in a portable electronic apparatus includes a plurality of receiving ends, a selection unit, a power control unit, and a power converting unit. The plurality of receiving ends is coupled to a plurality of power sources of the portable electronic apparatus. The selection unit is coupled to the plurality of receiving ends for selecting an input power from the plurality of power sources. The power control unit is utilized for generating an output power control signal according to an input signal. The power converting unit is utilized for converting the input power into an output power to a power port according to the output power control signal. | 03-25-2010 |
20100107098 | Identification Method for an Electronic System and Related Electronic System - An identification method for an electronic system having a plurality of input devices includes establishing notations corresponding to the plurality of input devices, receiving a control signal outputted by a specific input device of the plurality of input devices, and displaying a notation corresponding to the specific input device on a display device. | 04-29-2010 |
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20080231724 | Quick image capture system - A quick image capture system for a notebook computer able to capture the images while the notebook computer does not launch an operation system is described. The quick image capture system includes a hot key, a read-only memory, a central processing unit, a chip set, a random-access memory, a video module and a camera module. The read-only memory stores a driving software. When the hot key is triggered, the central processing unit reads the driving software from the read-only memory and executes the driving software so as to enable the video module, display and the camera module by the chip set. | 09-25-2008 |
20090049294 | METHOD FOR BOOTING COMPUTER SYSTEM - The invention relates to a method for booting a computer system. The method includes the steps of executing a hardware initialization process, starting a setting interface according to a trigger signal, determining whether a specific setting option belongs to a specific option group when the value of the specific setting option in the setting interface is changed and loading an operating system to the computer system when the specific setting option belongs to the specific option group. | 02-19-2009 |
20090106514 | METHOD FOR PROTECTING DATA AND METHOD FOR MANAGING ACCESS AUTHORITY - A method for protecting data, adapted for a computer system, is provided. The computer system includes a storage device. The method includes: when the computer system executes a power-off procedure, inspecting whether a preset external storage device is connected to the computer system; if it is determined that the preset external storage device is connected to the computer system, when the computer system executes the power-off procedure, backing up data of a predetermined segment of the storage device to the preset external storage device, and generating a back-up data, and then writing a specific data template to the predetermined segment for covering original data of the predetermined segment. | 04-23-2009 |
20090106517 | DATA PROTECTION METHOD - A data protection method for an electronic device having a storage medium is provided, wherein the storage medium includes a plurality of partitions and a partition table. In the data protection method, a partition entry point and a partition data corresponding to the specific partition are captured and sent to an external storage device when the electronic device enters a shutdown process. Then, the partition entry point is deleted from the partition table and the partition data is removed from the storage medium. When the electronic device is turned on, a user has to provide the corresponding external storage device to restore the partition entry point and the partition data back to the storage medium. Thereby, personal data stored in the storage medium is protected and accordingly data security is ensured. | 04-23-2009 |
20100058066 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROTECTING DATA - A method and a system for protecting data are provided. When a computer system is powered on, a verification code is compared with a predetermined verification code. If the verification code matches the predetermined verification code, an encrypted configuration data stored in a configuration data block of a storage device is decrypted with the verification code to obtain an original configuration data of the storage device. Thereby, data loss is effectively prevented and a data protection mechanism is provided. | 03-04-2010 |
20100077196 | COMPUTER AND METHOD FOR CONNECTING COMPUTER TO NETWORK DISK - A computer includes a BIOS and a communication system. The BIOS includes a disk access interface module and a ram disk. The disk access interface module accesses a remote disk, and the ram disk stores data retrieved from the remote disk. The communication system includes a storage medium having a preset format and a communication protocol layer module. The storage medium having the preset format has a network chip driver to allow the BIOS to call and connect to the network. Thus, the computer may communicate with the remote disk. The communication protocol layer module makes the computer communicate with the remote disk through the network chip driver. | 03-25-2010 |
20100077443 | Electronic System and Method for Driving Electronic Device - An electronic system and a method for driving an electronic device are disclosed. The method for driving the electronic device includes steps as follows. A storage medium is provided. The storage medium has a file system accessible by a BIOS and stores program codes for driving the electronic device. Then, the electronic device is driven by a driver stored in the storage medium. Afterwards, stream data transmitted by the electronic device is received and outputted. | 03-25-2010 |
20120278598 | DISABLING COMMUNICATION PORTS - Example embodiments disclosed herein relate to enabling or disabling a port by writing to a reset write-once register. A boot process for a device is initiated. The reset write-once register is set, during the boot process, to disable or enable the port. | 11-01-2012 |
20140223064 | CONNECTING EXPANSION SLOTS - Example embodiments disclosed herein relate to selectively connecting an interconnect bus to an expansion slot. A first chip is connected to a first interconnect bus. A second chip is connected to a second interconnect bus. A switch selectively connects the first interconnect bus to one of a plurality of expansion slots. | 08-07-2014 |
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20120003939 | COMMUNICATION CHANNEL SETTING METHOD AND COMMUNICATION CHANNEL SELECTION METHOD FOR AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A communication channel setting method and a communication channel selection method for an electronic device are provided. The communication channel setting method measures the interference between two communication protocols implemented on the same electronic device and stores threshold values and a look-up table obtained from the measurements in the electronic device. Next, the electronic device executes the channel selection method. The channel selection method selects usable channels of one of the two communication protocols according to the threshold values and the look-up table, thereby preventing or alleviating the interference between the communication protocols. | 01-05-2012 |
20120147764 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND POWER ADJUSTMENT METHOD THEREOF - An electronic apparatus and a method thereof are provided. The electronic apparatus includes a signal detection module and a power adjustment module. The signal detection module detects a received signal quality of a first wireless communication system. The power adjustment module is coupled to the signal detection module, and adjusts an output power in a second wireless communication system according to the received signal quality, so as to enlarge service coverage of the electronic apparatus in the second wireless communication system. | 06-14-2012 |
20120276944 | CHANNEL SELECTION METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREOF - A channel selection method and electronic device thereof are provided. In the channel selection method, usable channels of a second communication protocol are selected according to a used channel number of a first communication protocol, and one of the usable channels is selected according to the numbers of wireless access points, thereby preventing or alleviating the interference between the first communication protocol and the second communication protocol. | 11-01-2012 |
20140115311 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING A RESET THEREOF - An electronic apparatus and method for determining a reset thereof are provided. The electronic apparatus includes a switch, a sensor, a reset circuitry and a control circuitry. The switch generates a trigger signal as being triggered. The sensor senses a property of an object or an environment external to the electronic apparatus and to provide a sensing information based on the sensed property. The reset circuitry is coupled to the switch and counts from an initial value to a predetermined value when keep receiving the trigger signal from the switch, wherein the reset circuitry further resets the electronic apparatus when counting to the predetermined value. The control circuitry is coupled to the switch, the sensor and the reset circuit and generates a control signal, based on the sensing information, for controlling the reset circuit to re-count from the initial value to the predetermined value. | 04-24-2014 |