Patent ID: 8661271

Claim:
A start-up control apparatus, comprising: a switch, the switch creating a trigger signal, the trigger signal comprising a first falling-edge and a first rising-edge; an advanced configuration and power interface (ACPI) controller; a power supply; and a control chip, the control chip comprising a control module and a monitoring module, the monitoring module adapted to send a status signal about the power supply to the control module, the control module adapted to send a second falling-edge corresponding to the first falling-edge to the ACPI controller after receiving the status signal; wherein the ACPI controller is adapted to send a control signal corresponding to the second falling-edge to trigger the power supply to change from a first status to a second status; and the control module is further adapted to send a second rising-edge to the ACPI controller before receiving the first rising-edge when the power supply is in the second status.