Via Technologies, Inc.

Ata Chen

Macalas Yen

Simon Pu

A method for ensuring a correct sub-system BIOS for a specified system checks whether first identifying information associated with a system BIOS of the specified system is consistent with second identifying information associated with the sub-system BIOS upon initialization of the specified system. While a normal boot-up sequence is performed when the first identifying information is consistent with the second identifying information, a simplified boot-up sequence is performed to inform of incorrect sub-system BIOS when the first identifying information is inconsistent with the second identifying information. Following the second boot-up sequence, a warning message is given and then the specified system is halted.

Method for ensuring correct sub-system bios for specified system

A method for a drive device to get control data from a basic input/output system (BIOS) includes the following steps. Firstly, an index zone is automatically provided according to a specified version of the BIOS for storing an index of control data associated with the specified version of the BIOS. Then, the drive device gets the control data associated with the specified version of the BIOS from the BIOS according to the index.

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