Patent ID: 8566623
Filing Date: 2013-10-22
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A start-up control apparatus, comprising: a control chip; an advanced configuration and power management interface (ACPI) controller, the ACPI controller adapted to send a start-up signal when receiving a trigger signal to the control chip if a computer system is powered off; and a firmware, the firmware adapted to send a status signal to the control chip after the firmware finishes initialization; wherein the control chip is adapted to send the start-up signal to a power supply to provide power for powering on the computer system after receiving the status signal; the control chip comprises a control module, a storing module for storing a reference time, and a timer module for recording time after the firmware is powered on the control module adapted to determine if time kept by the timer module exceeds the reference time after the control module does not receive the status signal; and the control module further adapted to send the start-up signal to the power supply to provide power for powering on the computer system if the time of the timer module exceeds the reference time.