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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 09, 2009
Applicants:
Ying-chih LU, Taipei, TW;
Szu-hsien Lee, Taipei, TW;
Inventors:
Ying-Chih Lu, Taipei, TW;
Szu-Hsien Lee, Taipei, TW;
Assignee:
Inventec Corporation, Taipei, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An abnormal status detecting method of interrupt pins is provided. In the invention, an advanced configuration and power interface (ACPI) table is looked up for obtaining an interrupt status bit of each interrupt pin in a computer system. Afterwards, the interrupt status bit is continuously checked whether it is maintained at a specific value during a fixed time. When the interrupt status bit of one of the interrupt pins is maintained at the specific value during the fixed time, the interrupt pin is determined to be abnormal.