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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2011
Wei-chih Lin, New Taipei, TW;
Wei-Chih Lin, New Taipei, TW;
Wistron Corporation, New Taipei, TW;
Abstract
A computer system and a method for resetting the same are provided. The computer system includes a basic input output system (BIOS) chip and a keyboard controller. In the method, the BIOS chip monitors the keyboard controller to determine whether a time that the keyboard controller remains in a hang up state reaches an idle time limit. Besides, the keyboard controller monitors the BIOS chip to determine whether a time that the BIOS chip remains in the hang up state reaches the idle time limit When it is determined that the time of one of the BIOS chip and the keyboard controller remaining in the hang up state reaches the idle time limit, the computer system is reset in accordance with a hardware reset signal trigger by the other one of the BIOS chip and the keyboard controller.