Patent ID: 6973414

Claim:
A computer component operating temperature inspecting method for use on a computer component that is equipped with a built-in temperature detecting function and is based on a standardized bus architecture, for the purpose of inspecting the current operating temperature of the computer component via the bus architecture, and which is capable of, in the event of the computer component being subjected to a deadlock condition, restoring the computer component back to normal operation to allow the computer component's current operating temperature to be able to be inspected; the computer component operating temperature inspecting method comprising: issuing a temperature request signal via the bus architecture to the computer component to request the computer component to send back an operating temperature message that indicates the current operating temperature of the computer component; counting for a prespecified length of duration promptly after the issuing of the temperature request signal; at the elapse of the prespecified length of duration, checking whether an operating temperature message has been received via the bus architecture from the computer component; if NO, issuing a reset signal and send the reset signal via a dedicated signal line to the computer component for the purpose of resetting the computer component to reestablish link with the bus architecture; and inspecting whether the linking between the bus architecture and the computer component is acknowledged; if YES, reissuing a temperature request signal via the bus architecture to the computer component to request the computer component to send back an operating temperature message that indicates the current operating temperature of the computer component; and wherein the bus architecture is an SMBus/I2C-compliant bus architecture.