Patent ID: 6625739
Filing Date: 2003-09-23
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A computer, provided with a power forced shutdown function, having a keyboard and a keyboard controller, the keyboard controller transforming a signal generated through scanning of a key matrix, including a plurality of predetermined keys, to a key code and transferring the key code to a processor in a power-on status, the computer comprising:a power switch shiftable between a normal position and a pointed position, the switch outputting a signal representing a turn-on or a turn-off of the computer in response to a shift of the power switch to the pointed position; a power circuit supplying or intercepting power voltage in response to the signal transferred from the power switch; and a special key being excluded from the key matrix and being included in the keyboard, the key outputting a signal representing a power forced shutdown by being depressed in conjunction with the shift of the power switch to the pointed position.