Power supply and method for use in a computer system to confirm

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ABSTRACT:
A power supply for use in a computer system according to this invention has a one-chip microcomputer having a built-in A/D converter. The microcomputer, which has a communication function, performs a power off sequence for a computer system and a power off sequence for a hard disk drive built in the computer system, while communicating with the computer system. Further, the microcomputer detects the voltage and current of a chargeable battery, discriminates a low battery state, monitors a power switch, a hard disk drive switch and a reset switch, and monitors an input/output voltage.

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