Patent ID: 6862695
Filing Date: 2005-03-01
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for identifying a failed device in a computer, said method comprising steps of: (a) providing a basic input-output system (BIOS) memory having a plurality of memory locations containing data values representing a series of computer program instructions for testing a device in said computer and for determining if an error resides in said BIOS memory, wherein a predetermined one of said memory locations contains an error detection value based on the data values in the remaining memory locations of said BIOS memory; (b) the instructions in said BIOS memory attempting to obtain a model name and specification information of a first device in said computer to determine whether said first device has failed; (c) providing a single luminescent display which is mounted on said computer; and (d) if said first device is determined to have failed in step (b), blinking said single luminescent display ON and OFF at a first frequency.