Patent ID: 7506087

Claim:
A method for configuring a Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCIE) during the booting of a computer system, wherein the computer system includes a North Bridge Chip, a South Bridge Chip, and a Central Processing Unit (CPU), said method comprising the steps of: storing a plurality of PCIE parameters in a storage unit external to said North Bridge Chip and said South Bridge Chip; during the booting of said computer system and prior to initializing of said CPU, enabling the North Bridge chip and the storage unit; driving the North Bridge chip to read the plurality of the PCIE parameters from the storage unit; initializing the North Bridge chip according to the plurality of the PCIE parameters for configuring the PCIE; and enabling a PCIE peripheral device to connect with the North Bridge chip in accordance with said plurality of the PCIE parameters read from said storage unit.