Patent ID: 7895429

Claim:
A basic input/output system (BIOS) memory simulation module comprising: a first transmission interface unit adapted to receive an updated BIOS data from an external source; a second transmission interface unit adapted to be connected electrically to a computer under test; a memory unit; and a control unit connected electrically to said first transmission interface unit, said second transmission interface unit and said memory unit, said control unit being operable to store the updated BIOS data from said first transmission interface unit into said memory unit, said control unit having means for determining whether or not to output the updated BIOS data from said memory unit to the computer under test via said second transmission interface unit, wherein if said control unit determines not to output the updated BIOS data to the computer under test, the computer under test uses BIOS data stored in a BIOS ROM of the computer under test, and wherein if said control unit determines to output the updated BIOS data stored in said memory unit to the computer under test via said second transmission interface unit, said control unit disables the BIOS ROM of the computer under test and the computer under test uses the updated BIOS data from said BIOS memory simulation module for BIOS testing.