Electrical computers and digital processing systems: support – Computer power control
Reexamination Certificate
2008-03-04
2009-02-24
Suryawanshi, Suresh K (Department: 2115)
Electrical computers and digital processing systems: support
Computer power control
C713S320000, C713S340000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07496772
ABSTRACT:
In a computer system having a power supply, processor, and additional subcomponents that are powered by the power supply, a method for estimating the total power requirements of the system under a variety of operating modes and configurations. In an exemplary embodiment, information concerning power requirements for each subcomponent under its operating modes is stored within non-volatile memory within the subcomponents. This information is accessed by the processor during the boot sequence, and if the information is not available, substitute information is provided. The compiled information is tabulated to compute the estimated total power requirement of the current hardware configuration. A display of this information, along with configuration selection rules, enables the user to select alternative operating modes and configurations and to show the resulting estimated power requirements.
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Gural Kenneth
International Business Machines - Corporation
Patentec
Suryawanshi Suresh K
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