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US 2003/0115520 A1Published application
Method for outputting error signals via monitor connect port and the computer system thereof
OwnerMin-Tien Shihinventor
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Abstract
A method for outputting error signals from a computer system via a monitor connect port. In the invention, the computer system outputs the error signals to a testing means via the monitor connect port during testing, wherein the error signals are processed by the testing means.
Claims6
A method for outputting error signals via a monitor connect port, comprising the steps of:
- selecting a predetermined set of idle signal lines from the signal lines of the monitor connect port;
- delivering the error signals generating from a computer system to the predetermined set of idle signal lines respectively during the testing process;
- and
- providing a testing means for processing the error signals during testing, wherein the testing means connects with the monitor connect port and receives the error signals via the predetermined set of idle signal lines.
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A computer system for outputting error signals via a monitor connect port during the testing process, comprising a mainframe, a control chip set, an image control device, and a monitor connect port connecting with a monitor;
- which is characterized in that:
- the image control device connects with a monitor via a first set of signal lines;
- and
- the idle signal lines of the monitor connect port, which is not used by the image control device outputs the error signals from the control chip set.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.