Electrical computers and digital processing systems: support – Computer power control – Power conservation
Patent
1998-01-13
2000-07-04
Sheikh, Ayaz R.
Electrical computers and digital processing systems: support
Computer power control
Power conservation
713323, 713324, G06F 100
Patent
active
060853298
ABSTRACT:
A method for controlling a peripheral device in a computer system by a user that requires the CPU of the computer to be powered-on for only the short period of time needed for the CPU to translate a user-specified command into a command that the CPU then transmits to the peripheral device. Inputs are added to the computer system for direct input of user commands to the peripheral device. The BIOS power-up/reset routine of the computer is modified to detect power-on as a result of user input to the added inputs, to then transmit a corresponding command to the peripheral device, and to finally power down the CPU. The system controller of the computer is electrically shielded from the peripheral device when the system controller is powered-down and the peripheral device is operating.
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Micron Electronics Inc.
Sheikh Ayaz R.
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