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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:
Jan. 09, 2007
Filed:
Mar. 10, 2003
Applicants:
Jonathan T. Stern, Round Rock, TX (US);
Marc D. Alexander, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Inventors:
Jonathan T. Stern, Round Rock, TX (US);
Marc D. Alexander, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Assignee:
Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/28 (2006.01); G11C 29/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention discloses an information handling system that reduces POST time in a boot operation. The information handling system includes a processor, a memory and a BIOS unit. The BIOS also includes memory test pointer and a test block size indicator. During the POST routine, the BIOS tests at least one test block during at least one idle period.