Patent ID: 8386842

Claim:
A computer system with a damaged BIOS data recovering function, cooperating with external BIOS stored in an external electronic device, the computer system comprising: a south bridge chip; a switch unit electrically connected with the south bridge chip, the control unit, and the storage unit, respectively; a storage unit storing BIOS data; a data transferring interface; a power supply unit providing standby power when the computer system is shut down; and a control unit electrically connected with the power supply unit and the data transferring interface; when the BIOS data are damaged, the control unit is actuated via the standby power and connected with the external electronic device via the data transferring interface, the switch unit makes the control unit to conduct with the storage unit and the control unit updates the BIOS data stored in the storage unit with the external BIOS according to a recovery signal transmitted by the external BIOS and the computer system shuts down according to the recovery signal, when the control unit does not force the computer system to shut down, the switch unit makes the south bridge chip to conduct with the storage unit.