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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 1999
Filed:
Aug. 20, 1996
Vincent Nguyen, Sugarland, TX (US);
Paul V Brownell, Houston, TX (US);
Compaq Computer Corp., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A reset circuit for a computer system having PCI chip set, the reset circuit for resetting a PCI data bus in the event of a warm boot in the computer system to prevent corrupt data files, the reset circuit including a logical AND gate with a first input connected to a cold boot reset pin of the PMC, and an output connected to a PCI data bus; a logical OR gate with a first input connected to the flush pin of the PMC and an output connected to a second input of the logical AND gate; an inverter with an input connected to the flush pin of the PMC; and a delay device connected between an output of the inverter and a second input of the logical OR gate.