Patent ID: 7747909
Filing Date: 2010-06-29
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A debug card, comprising: a controlling chipset, the controlling chipset and a tested device of a computer system connected to a same bus of the computer system; the controlling chipset capable of capturing data from the bus after the tested device responds to a cycle beginning signal of the bus, the data representing the status of the tested device; the controlling chipset comprising a data storage module configured for storing the data which is received from the computer system and represents the status of the tested device of the computer system, a VGA controller, and a data transforming module configured for transforming the data and transmitting the transformed data to the VGA controller; and a VGA connector interconnecting the VGA controller and a VGA display to allow the data being shown in the VGA display; wherein a BIOS chipset is attached on the debug card in a manner such that when a BIOS chipset of the computer system is broken down, the BIOS chipset of the debug card serves as a backup BIOS chipset to boot up the computer system.