Patent ID: 8886955

Claim:
A method of Basic Input/Output System BIOS processing in a computing system, comprising: a security module in the computing system sensing that standby power has become available after having not been available; said security module reading at least part of a BIOS stored in a non-volatile memory in the computing system via an interface that directly connects said security module with said non-volatile memory; and said security module processing said at least part of the BIOS, wherein said security module is configured to operate on standby power, and said reading begins after standby power becomes available, wherein, after the computing system has been reset, a central processing unit in the computing system begins to run said at least part of the BIOS at an earlier point in time than if after the computing system has been reset, said central processing unit would have had to read said at least part of the BIOS and provide said at least part of the BIOS to said security module for processing.