CN1869947A - Auto-diagnostic system of personal computer - Google Patents
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A auto-diagnosis system of personal computer consists of central processor, master storage, BIOS ROM chip stored with BIOS, north bridge and south bridge, desk personal computer with PCI interface. It is featured as setting auxiliary display unit used for computer self-diagnosis at front part of personal computer host and utilizing it to start up power on self- test code and/ or diagnosis information.
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Technical field
The present invention relates to PC (Personal Computer:pc), particularly PC (PC) self-diagnosable system.
Background technology
Usually, family and office mainly use desktop personal computer (PC), it by main frame, be connected monitor (monitor) on the above-mentioned main frame, printer (printer) etc. and form.
Here, above-mentioned desktop personal computer (PC) main frame is provided with the space that can hold mainboard, CD drive, power supply unit machine parts such as (power supply), the main frame size is varied, have large-scale, medium-sized, small-sized, but in order to reduce the space that is provided with of PC (PC) system, the host housing size presents trend toward miniaturization recently.
Fig. 1 is that existing computer constitutes calcspar.
With reference to Fig. 1, it comprises: the card 260,270 of the regulation that connects by central processing unit (CPU) 200, the primary memory (main memory) 220 of dynamic RAM formations such as (DRAM), the BIOSROM chip 240, north bridge 210 and the south bridge 230 that store BIOS, pci interface 250, by pci interface.
In general, the card of afore mentioned rules comprises wired lan card 260 and sound card 270.
Here, above-mentioned north bridge 210 is chipsets (chipset) of being in charge of the data that move between central processing unit (CPU), primary memory 220 and video card 230.Above-mentioned south bridge 230 is chipsets (chipset) of being in charge of 210 all devices of not managing of north bridge.So south bridge 230 is being controlled keyboard/mouse controller (not shown), universal serial bus structural (USB) (not shown) and pci bus (BUS) etc.
In addition, institute's BIOS stored are programs that the formation state for altering system uses in the above-mentioned BIOS rom chip 240, can change its setting by BIOS setup menu user.Above-mentioned BIOS is for confirming that whether system and device correctly starts, and carries out the self diagnosis process of the PC (PC) that is known as power-on self-test (Power OnTest:POST).
That is,, follow above-mentioned BIOS and will carry out power-on self-test (POST) process if PC (PC) energized then begins to start.
Recently, along with popularizing fast and high performance, multifunction trend of PC (PC), the failure cause and the failure rate of computer system increase gradually, and present variation.Therefore, the maintaining of PC (PC) is fixed against PC (PC) mostly and keeps in repair company specially except that minority advanced level user.
The failure cause of this PC (PC) is divided into two kinds substantially, and a kind of is the bad of hardware, and another kind is the bad of software.Main failure cause is: VPCI (the Vital PC Information) corrupted data that can recover with PC (PC) systemic-function software and cause moving bad.
Here, file allocation table) above-mentioned VPCI data are the most basic information of personal computer system operation, as record HDD FAT (the File Allocation Table: information such as of the positional information of the cmos data of the various information of system hardware and the various data of recording disk (HDD).
Defective in the malfunction that causes owing to this VPCI corrupted data, the system in addition and user is unskilled and casual accident etc., when PC (PC) when system makes a mistake, be to adopt diagnosis specific program software to check and safeguard processing originally basically.
That is, the diagnostic system program is installed in PC (PC) system, behind the power connection of PC (PC) system, carries out power-on self-test (POST) process by BIOS.
But active computer exists problem from the self diagnosis result who forms in above-mentioned power-on self-test (POST) process to the user that can not on time inform.As shown in Figure 1, also exist because of only being provided with floppy disk (FDD) 152 and CD-ROM drive 157, and can't make full use of the shortcoming of other remaining space.
Summary of the invention
The object of the invention is to provide the PC self-diagnosable system.That is, will be used to show that the secondary monitor of computer system state is arranged on the front end of main frame, and take this to show to start power-on self-test (POST) code and/or person's diagnostic message, thereby the PC self-diagnosable system of system status and A/S information will be provided to the user.
To achieve these goals, PC self-diagnosable system of the present invention is meant the desktop personal computer (PC) that includes central processing unit (CPU), primary memory, the BIOS rom chip, north bridge and the south bridge that store BIOS, pci interface, above-mentioned PC (PC) main frame front is provided with the secondary monitor that is used for the computer self diagnosis, and shows power-on self-test (POST) (Power On Self Test) code and/or diagnosis (diagnostic) information of starting by above-mentioned secondary monitor.
Here, above-mentioned startup power-on self-test (POST) code and/or diagnosis (diagnostic) information are presented on the above-mentioned secondary monitor when starting in real time.
In addition, above-mentioned power-on self-test (POST) code is meant: when above-mentioned PC (PC) starts (booting), BIOS is made into form (table) carrying out the required function of power-on self-test (POST), this function is moved successively, is divided into the code of the order generation of certain each operation of stage then by each function.Above-mentioned diagnosis (diagnostic) information is meant that: BIOS judges, when making a mistake or during system's generation serious problems, outputing to the information that above-mentioned secondary monitor is shown by the error diagnosis function.
In sum, the invention has the advantages that: show power-on self-test (POST) code and/or diagnosis (diagnostic) information when starting by the secondary monitor that is arranged on the main frame front portion, can provide system that required information such as state confirmation and A/S take place to carry out when unusual to the user with this.
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Fig. 1 is that existing computer constitutes calcspar;
Fig. 2 is that desktop personal computer of the present invention (PC) host housing constitutes stereographic map;
Fig. 3 is that PC of the present invention (PC) shown in Figure 2 constitutes calcspar.
* accompanying drawing major part symbol description *
320: secondary monitor (display) 400: central processing unit
410: north bridge 420: primary memory
430: south bridge 440:BIOS rom chip
The 450:PCI interface
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With reference to the accompanying drawings embodiments of the invention are described in more details.
Fig. 2 is that desktop personal computer of the present invention (PC) host housing constitutes stereographic map.Fig. 3 is that PC of the present invention (PC) shown in Figure 2 constitutes calcspar.
With reference to Fig. 2, desktop personal computer of the present invention (PC) main frame is except that be provided with floppy disk (FDD) and the CD-ROM drive 300, also be provided with the secondary monitor 320 that is used for the computer self diagnosis in the box front portion.
Here, the effect of above-mentioned secondary monitor 320 be presented on the monitor that is connected with above-mentioned PC (PC) do not show information, promptly, when PC (PC) relies on BIOS to operate to carry out power-on self-test (POST) (Power On Self Test), show above-mentioned diagnostic result, thereby can confirm the information that existing PC user can't obtain.
That is, show startup power-on self-test (POST) code and/or diagnosis (diagnostic) information by above-mentioned secondary monitor 320, thus can be to custom system situation and A/S information.
In addition, to be presented on the above-mentioned secondary monitor be to form in real time when starting for above-mentioned startup power-on self-test (POST) code and/or diagnosis (diagnostic) information.
Below power-on self-test (POST) code and the diagnostic message that shows by above-mentioned secondary monitor 320 is described in more details.
At first, such as power-on self-test (POST) code, when PC (PC) starts (booting), BIOS is made into (function pointer letter formula index set) form (table) carrying out the required function of power-on self-test (POST), move this function successively, be divided into order generation power-on self-test (POST) code of each operation of certain phase then by each function.Then, when each stage carried out, power-on self-test (POST) sending box (dispatcher) one side was moved function, and one side is received as the factor with above-mentioned power-on self-test (POST) code value, made to show this factor values on the above-mentioned secondary monitor 320.
Secondly, such as diagnostic message (diagnostic), BIOS judges, when making a mistake or system when producing serious problems, it is presented on the secondary monitor 320.That is, by the error diagnosis function diagnostic message is outputed on the above-mentioned secondary monitor 320 and shown.
At this moment, above-mentioned secondary monitor 320 is made of LCD (Liquid CrystalDisplay:LCD) and vacuum fluorescent display (Vacuum Fluorescent Display:VFD).
With reference to Fig. 3, PC of the present invention (PC) is inner to be constituted and comprises following components: the card 460,470 of the regulation that is connected by central processing unit (CPU) 400 and the primary memory 420 of dynamic RAM formations such as (DRAM), the BIOS rom chip 440 that stores BIOS, north bridge 410 and south bridge 430, pci interface 450, by pci interface etc.
Here, above-mentioned north bridge 410 is meant the chipset (chipset) of being in charge of between central processing unit (CPU) 400, primary memory 420 and video card the data that move, and above-mentioned south bridge 430 then finger is in charge of the chipset (chipset) of all devices that north bridge do not managed.So south bridge 430 is responsible for supervisory keyboard/mouse controller, USB (universal serial bus) framework (USB) port and pci bus etc., the effect of playing in the present invention is a control secondary monitor 320.
In addition, the BIOS that is stored in the above-mentioned BIOS rom chip is used for the program that altering system constitutes state, can change this setting by BIOS setup menu user.
Above-mentioned BIOS is for confirming that whether system and device correctly starts, and carries out the process that is known as power-on self-test (POST) (Power On Self Test).As the present invention, power-on self-test (POST) code and/or diagnosis (diagnostic) information that when carrying out above-mentioned power-on self-test (POST) process, produce, when starting, be presented in real time on the above-mentioned secondary monitor 320, thereby provide system status and A/S information to the user.
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1, a kind of PC self-diagnosable system, be include central processor CPU, primary memory, store BIOS rom chip, north bridge and the south bridge of BIOS, the desktop personal computer PC of pci interface, it is characterized in that, be provided with the secondary monitor that is used for self diagnosis in above-mentioned PC PC main frame front.
2, PC self-diagnosable system as claimed in claim 1 starts power-on self-test code and/or diagnostic message and is presented in real time on the above-mentioned secondary monitor when starting.
3, PC self-diagnosable system as claimed in claim 1, above-mentioned power-on self-test code is meant: when above-mentioned PC PC starts, BIOS is made into form carrying out the required function of power-on self-test, move this function successively, be divided into the code of the order generation of each operation of certain phase then by each function.
4, PC self-diagnosable system as claimed in claim 1, above-mentioned diagnostic message is meant, and: BIOS judges, when making a mistake or during system's generation serious problems, outputing to the information that above-mentioned secondary monitor is shown by the error diagnosis function.
5, PC self-diagnosable system as claimed in claim 1, above-mentioned secondary monitor portion is made of LCD and vacuum fluorescent display.
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