Patent ID: 7356386

Claim:
A method for reducing instantaneous current on startup, applicable to an electronic device with a baseboard management controller (BMC), the baseboard management controller having general port input output (GPIO) pins, general port output (GPO) pins of the GPIO pins being electrically connected to a central processing unit (CPU) and fans of the electronic device, so as to have the baseboard management controller control operations of the fans equipped in the electronic device after startup through the GPO pins, the method comprising the steps of: disabling operations of the fans in the electronic device by the CPU when the electronic device is turned on; generating a smallest amount of current possible for operations of the fans for heat-dissipating purpose through the GPO pins when power is detected by the baseboard management controller; and initializing hardware components in the electronic device by the baseboard management controller, and having the baseboard management controller sense an internal temperature of the electronic device to subsequently adjust a speed at which the fans are running.