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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:
Aug. 08, 2000
Filed:
Mar. 01, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kenneth W Arnold, Houston, TX (US);
Rajesh A Shah, Palms Spring, TX (US);
Assignee:
Compaq Computer Corporation, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
713-1 ;
Abstract
A method for use in connection with resetting a CPU including requesting a first reset code stored in an inaccessible memory and redirecting the request to a second reset code stored in accessible memory. A computer system including a CPU, a first memory that may become inaccessible, and a CPU reset facilitator configured to respond to a reset request from the CPU to the first memory at a time when it is inaccessible by diverting the CPU to a second memory.