SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VERIFYING THE COUPLED LOCATIONS OF COMPUTER DEVICES

• US 20070094427A1
• Filed: 08/10/2006
• Published: 04/26/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 10/26/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Li, Yue, Xu, Ru-Da, Chan, Hoi
• Application Number:
  US11/309,464
• Publication Number:
  US 20070094427A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 710/104
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/2247 Verification or detection of system hardware configuration

Abstract

A method for verifying the coupled locations of computer devices is provided. The method includes the steps of: (a) mapping a logical address of each device interface on a standard motherboard to a physical address of the device interface on the standard motherboard; (b) storing all mapping relationships in a database; (c) obtaining a list of devices linked to the standard motherboard of a computer to be verified from a BOM; (d) determining a logical address of each device according to product assembly standards; (e) obtaining a standard physical address of each device according to its logical address and a mapping relationship in the database; (f) writing the standard physical address of each device into a device specification file; and (g) checking the validity of installation locations of devices of the computer to be verified based on the device specification file.

Claims

1. A system for verifying the coupled locations of computer devices, the system comprising:

a mapping module for mapping a logical address of each device interface on a standard motherboard to a physical address of the device interface on the standard motherboard;

a location obtaining module for obtaining a logical address of each device linked to the standard motherboard of a computer to be verified based on computer assembly standards and a bill of material, and for obtaining a physical address of the device based on the logical address and a corresponding mapping relationship of a device interface to which the device is linked; and

a writing module for writing the physical addresses of all the devices into a device specification file.

2. The system according to claim 1, further comprising a database for storing the device specification file.

3. The system according to claim 1, further comprising a downloading module for downloading the device specification file from the database to the computer to be verified.

4. A computer-based method for verifying the coupled locations of computer devices, the method comprising the steps of:

mapping a logical address of each device interface on a standard motherboard to a physical address of the device interface on the standard motherboard;

storing all the mapping relationships in a database;

obtaining a list of devices linked to the standard motherboard of a computer to be verified from a bill of material;

determining a logical address of each device according to computer assembly standards, the device being linked to a corresponding device interface on the standard motherboard;

obtaining a standard physical address of the device according to the logical address and a mapping relationship in the database;

writing the standard physical addresses of all the devices into a device specification file and storing the device specification file in the database; and

checking the validity of assembly locations of devices of the computer to be verified based on the device specification file.

5. The method according to claim 4, further comprising the step of downloading the device specification file from the database to the computer to be verified.

6. The method according to claim 4, wherein the mapping step comprises the steps of:

linking each device to a corresponding device interface on the standard motherboard based on a logical address of the device interface;

obtaining properties and a physical address of the device; and

mapping the logical address of the device interface on the standard motherboard to the physical address of the device interface on the standard motherboard.

7. The method according to claim 4, wherein the checking step comprise the steps of:

obtaining current information of the computer to be verified;

determining whether the current information is identical with corresponding information in the device specification file; and

displaying error information, if the current information is not identical with the information in the device specification file.

8. The method according to claim 4, wherein the logical address of each device interface on the standard motherboard is an address given by people in order to identify and differentiate the interface from other interfaces during computer assembling.

9. The method according to claim 4, wherein the physical address of each interface is an address given by the standard motherboard in order to manage the interface.