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US 7,734,904 B2Granted
Resetting a system in response to changes of component settings
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorMark A. Piwonka
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Abstract
A system includes plural hardware components having settings that can be changed. In response to changing settings of the plural hardware components, a reset of the system is performed. Changing of the settings is performed during a portion of the boot process that is prior to system memory becoming available.
Claims24
A method for use in a system having a system memory, comprising:
- performing a boot process;
- during the boot process, changing settings of plural different types of hardware components, wherein changing the settings is performed during a portion of the boot process prior to the system memory becoming available;
- and
- in response to changing the settings of the plural different types of hardware components, performing a reset of the system.
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An article comprising at least one storage medium containing instructions that when executed cause a system having a system memory to:
- perform a boot process;
- during the boot process, change settings of at least two of a memory controller, a processor, and a video interface, wherein changing the settings is performed during a portion of the boot process prior to the system memory becoming available;
- and
- in response to changing the settings of at least two of the memory controller, the processor, and the video interface, set an indicator to cause a single reset of the system.
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A system comprising:
- a system memory;
- plural different types of hardware components;
- and
- a routine to cause performance of one reset of the system in response to changing of settings of the plural different types of hardware components, wherein changing the settings is performed during a portion of the boot process prior to the system memory becoming available.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.