Patent ID: 9275527
Filing Date: 2016-03-01
CPC Classification: G06F,G08B

Claim Text:
1. A computing system comprising: an audio amplifier; and a controller to control a power state of the audio amplifier based on diagnostic information of the computing system and power state information of the computing system; wherein the audio amplifier includes an off state and an operating state independent of whether the computing system is in a sleep state and indicated by a signal from the controller; wherein the controller is to monitor diagnostics of the computing system during the sleep state and with the audio amplifier in the off state; and wherein, while the computing system remains in the sleep state, based upon detecting a diagnostic error condition, the controller is to (i) transition the audio amplifier from the off state to the operating state, and (ii) send a signal to the audio amplifier to cause an audio indication of the detected diagnostic error condition.