Patent ID: 6073206
Filing Date: 2000-06-06
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
A method of flashing an extended system configuration data (ESCD) storage area of a non-volatile memory of a computer system comprising the steps of:copying a non-volatile memory image of an ESCD data storage area for storing ESCD and associated variables of a non-volatile memory to a first region of a power on self test (POST) buffer and a second region of the POST buffer;copying contents of the second region of the POST buffer to an ESCD runtime buffer;comparing the contents of the first region of the POST buffer or the ESCD data storage area of the non-volatile memory with the contents of the ESCD runtime buffer; andflashing the non-volatile memory image in the ESCD runtime buffer into the ESCD data storage area during the system management mode of the computer system if the contents of the ESCD runtime buffer differ from the contents of the compared first region of the POST buffer or the ESCD data storage area.