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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 23, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Edward P. Flanigan, Burbank, SD (US);
Assignee:
Gateway, Inc., Poway, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/26 ; G06F 1/28 ; G06F 1/30 ; G06F 1/130 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/26 ; G06F 1/28 ; G06F 1/30 ; G06F 1/130 ;
Abstract
A method for powering down a computer system is shown. A power button is actuated and an interrupt is generated in response to the actuation of the power button. An unconditional shutdown of the computer system is performed on system software failing to respond to the interrupt. The system software powers down the computer system on the system software responding to the interrupt.