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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 2009
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2005
Applicants:
Kevin Boyum, Roseville, CA (US);
Robert Dobbs, Roseville, CA (US);
Kenneth Duisenberg, Roseville, CA (US);
Inventors:
Kevin Boyum, Roseville, CA (US);
Robert Dobbs, Roseville, CA (US);
Kenneth Duisenberg, Roseville, CA (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/00 (2006.01); G06F 15/177 (2006.01); G06F 9/24 (2006.01); G06F 1/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Embodiments of the invention provide a method and an apparatus for utilizing a microcontroller to provide an automatic order and timing power and reset sequencer. A first inter-integrated circuit (I2C) register table containing a modifiable system power-up sequence is accessed. An automatic system power-up operation is then performed in the order of the power-up sequence defined by the first I2C register table.