Inventec Corp.

Shin Chuang Technology Co., Ltd.

Chun-Lung Wu

Fu-Ming Lee

Ying-Chih Lu

Ling-Hung Yu

Chi-Tsung Chang

Meng-Hua Cheng

Chia-Hsing Lee

Chun-Yi Lee

Zih-Yao Shen

Shou-Ming Lee

Wei-Chih Hung

A method for executing the power on self test (POST) on the computer system and a method for updating the SMBIOS information partially are provided for a computer system with a first memory and a second memory, wherein the first memory comprises a first storage block and a second storage block. A user can previously set the specific SMBIOS information in the second storage block. And during the POST stage, the default SMBIOS information in the BIOS code loaded from the first storage block to the second memory will be partially updated according to the specific SMBIOS information set by the user. As a result, the purpose of using the appropriated SMBIOS information to initiate the computer system can be achieved.

Method for executing power on self test on a computer system and updating SMBIOS information partially

A computer platform operating system compatibility management method and system is proposed, which is designed for use in conjunction with a computer platform, such as a network server, for the computer platform to be selectively bootable between an old-version operating system (such as Windows NT4.0) and a new-version operating system (such as Windows Server 2003 or Windows 2000). This feature allows the customer to selectively install either an old-version operating system or an new-version operating system successfully onto the server, and allow both old-version operating system and new-version operating system to be compatible with the hardware of the server.

Computer platform operating system compatibility management method and system

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Taipei, Taiwan

Chun-Lung Wu