Method for facilitating BIOS testing
First Claim
1. A method for facilitating basic input and output system (BIOS) testing, by loading a BIOS program code to be tested into a memory unit of a motherboard by a BIOS debugging card to execute a boot operation testing, the motherboard further including an uninterruptible power supply memory, the BIOS program code being composed of a plurality of commands, the method comprising:
- storing a data of one of the commands from the BIOS program code to be executed in the uninterruptible power supply memory; and
executing the stored command to proceed the boot operation testing of the motherboard.
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Abstract
A method for facilitating basic input and output system (BIOS) testing is provided. In the method, a BIOS program code to be tested is loaded into a memory unit by a BIOS debugging card to execute a boot operation testing. The method of BIOS testing utilizes an uninterruptible power supply memory disposed on the motherboard. The uninterruptible power supply memory is powered with a battery, thus it can store the data of a command in executing during shutdown. By using this characteristic of the uninterruptible power supply memory, the tester can still obtain the debugging code last stored during the previous boot from the uninterruptible power supply memory when rebooting, thus preventing the debugging code generated in the BIOS debugging flow from disappearing due to the abnormal shutdown and resulting in the failure to get the source of the problem for the tester, increasing the efficiency of debugging.
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1. A method for facilitating basic input and output system (BIOS) testing, by loading a BIOS program code to be tested into a memory unit of a motherboard by a BIOS debugging card to execute a boot operation testing, the motherboard further including an uninterruptible power supply memory, the BIOS program code being composed of a plurality of commands, the method comprising:
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storing a data of one of the commands from the BIOS program code to be executed in the uninterruptible power supply memory; and executing the stored command to proceed the boot operation testing of the motherboard. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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