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US 2006/0070064 A1Published application
Computer apparatus on which download board can be mounted
AssigneeToshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorKatsuya Sasahara
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Abstract
When a CPU senses a connect signal output from a signal generating unit to detect connection between a download board and a socket, the CPU assigns a control program, which is specified by a signal for specifying a sector CS0 area switched to be output from a switching circuit and stored in a second flash ROM, to the sector CS0 area of the CPU to execute the control program, and the CPU downloads the control program stored in the second flash ROM into a first flash ROM.
Claims6
A computer apparatus on which a download board can be mounted, comprising:
- a first flash ROM which stores a control program;
- a CPU which executes the control program;
- a socket which the download board can be inserted into and removed from, a second flash ROM being mounted on the download board, the control program being stored in the second flash ROM;
- a system board on which the socket is mounted;
- a signal generating unit configured to output a connect signal having a specific logic level when the download board is connected to the socket;
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- a switching circuit configured to switch a signal for specifying a sector CS0 area of the CPU and a signal for specifying a sector CS1 area of the CPU according to a status of the connect signal, the signal for specifying the sector CS0 area being output from the CPU according to the connect signal output from the signal generating unit, the sector CS0 area being used for a boot,
- wherein, when the CPU senses the connect signal output from the signal generating unit to detect connection between the download board and the socket, the CPU assigns the control program, which is specified by the signal for specifying the sector CS0 area output from the switching circuit and stored in the second flash ROM, to the sector CS0 area of the CPU to execute the control program, and the CPU downloads the control program stored in the second flash ROM to the first flash ROM.
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A computer apparatus on which a download board can be mounted, comprising:
- a first flash ROM which stores a control program;
- a CPU which executes the control program;
- a socket which the download board can be inserted into and removed from, a second flash ROM being mounted on the download board, the control program being stored in the second flash ROM;
- a system board on which the socket is mounted;
- signal generating means for outputting a connect signal having a specific logic level when the download board is connected to the socket;
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- switching means for switching a signal for specifying a sector CS0 area of the CPU and a signal for specifying a sector CS1 area of the CPU according to a status of the connect signal, the signal for specifying the sector CS0 area being output from the CPU according to the connect signal output from the signal generating means, the sector CS0 area being used for a boot,
- wherein, when the CPU senses the connect signal output from the signal generating means to detect connection between the download board and the socket, the CPU assigns the control program, which is specified by the signal for specifying the sector CS0 area output from the switching means and stored in the second flash ROM, to the sector CS0 area of the CPU to execute the control program, and the CPU downloads the control program stored in the second flash ROM to the first flash ROM.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.