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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 28, 1999
Filed:
Oct. 01, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Micron Electronics, Inc., Nampa, ID (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
714 36 ; 714 25 ; 714 32 ; 714 34 ; 714 42 ; 714 43 ; 714 44 ; 714720 ; 714739 ;
Abstract
A BIOS testing routine is initiated. Control is transferred to a diagnostic routine. The diagnostic routine performs a series of test in which a plurality of components are examined. In one embodiment, a random access/random data memory test is performed on a block of memory. Subsequently, control is transferred to the BIOS testing routine.