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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 2004
Filed:
May. 21, 2001
Bar-Chung Hwang, Taoyuan, TW;
Iun-Bohr Rong, Hsinchu, TW;
Winbond Electronics Corporation, Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
The present invention proposes an apparatus and method for reading the default value of a peripheral component to resolve the drawbacks of in expansibility, inconvenience in installation and higher manufacturing cost in the prior art. In order to accomplish the objective, the default value of the peripheral component is set up by a circuit board where the peripheral component situated, or stored inside a memory means in the present invention. When the system starts, the peripheral component reads the setup of the circuit board first. If there is no default value set up by the circuit board, the memory will be read. Next, the peripheral component will be set up according to the default value. Finally, the memory will be disabled to save power consumption.