Method for capturing a display frame of a computer crashing

• US 20070220364A1
• Filed: 12/29/2006
• Published: 09/20/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 03/16/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Quanta Computer
• Original Assignee: Quanta Computer
• Inventors: Li, Yung-Fu
• Application Number:
  US11/647,212
• Publication Number:
  US 20070220364A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 714/45
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/0706 the processing taking place on a specific hardware platform or in a specific software environment
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/0757 by exceeding a time limit, i.e. time-out, e.g. watchdogs
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/0778 Dumping, i.e. gathering error/state information after a fault for later diagnosis

Abstract

A method for capturing a display frame of a computer crashing. When the computer crashes, the display frame of the computer crashing is captured and saved. Thus, users can analyze the reason for causing the computer crashing later.

Claims

1. A method of capturing a display frame of a computer crashing of a computer, comprising the steps of:

setting a timer to count a predetermined time and starting the timer;

capturing the display frame of the computer crashing if the timer cannot be reset within the predetermined time;

saving the display frame; and

rebooting the computer.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the step of saving the display frame comprises saving the display frame into a memory of the computer.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein the memory is a flash memory.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the step of saving the display frame comprises:

transmitting the display frame to a remote computer through a network, and saving the display frame to a storage device of the remote computer.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the timer is set in a baseboard management controller of the computer.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the step of capturing the display frame of the computer crashing is achieved by a signal capturing unit in the computer.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein the step of rebooting the computer is achieved by a baseboard management controller of the computer.