Patent ID: 6401199
Filing Date: 2002-06-04
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A method for booting a computer following a power on or a reset of the computer, the computer including a ROM, a RAM, and a CPU, the ROM storing data, including firmware routines, for initializing the computer, the method comprising:intercepting a power on or reset signal within the computer; in response to intercepting the power on or reset signal, maintaining assertion of the power on or reset signal in order to hold the CPU in a reset state; in response to intercepting the power on or reset signal, copying the ROM data to the RAM while the CPU is held in the reset state; after the ROM data is copied to RAM, deasserting the CPU reset signal in order to allow the CPU to be initialized; and executing by the CPU the firmware routines copied from ROM to RAM in order to initialize the computer.