Patent ID: 9632796
Date: 2017-04-25
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. As a method for controlling a computing apparatus, wherein the computing apparatus is provided with a display unit on one surface and a cover facing into a keyboard, when the cover is in a closed state, the method for controlling the computing apparatus comprises: receiving a user command to turn on an automatic booting mode through a user interface; delivering data corresponding to an ON state of the automatic booting mode to a BIOS module from an application module having an operating system stored therein; storing a configuration value corresponding to the ON state of the automatic booting mode in a Read-Only Memory (ROM) section of the BIOS module; when the cover is in a closed state, detecting an opening of the cover; and performing a predetermined operation in accordance with the configuration value being stored in the ROM section of the BIOS module, based upon a system status corresponding to when the cover is in a closed state.