TWI811147B - Voltage configuration adjustment method for computer components and computer equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

A voltage configuration adjustment method for computer components includes running a basic input output system with a processor to execute a voltage adjustment program. The voltage adjustment procedure includes detecting a plurality of computer components applied to a current voltage set by a performance detection tool to generate a current performance score. A historical performance score set is updated according to the current performance score. When there is at least one undetected voltage group among the plurality of preset voltage sets, the current voltage set is updated with one of the at least one unused voltage set, and the device is rebooted. And after rebooting, the voltage adjustment procedure is performed again.

Description

Computer component voltage configuration adjustment method and computer equipment

The invention relates to a method for adjusting voltage configuration, in particular to a method for adjusting voltage configuration of computer components.

Generally, a computer mainframe connected to AC mains needs to pass through an AC/DC conversion module to supply different DC voltages to various computer components in the mainframe. However, each computer component has its own operating voltage range. In other words, although the smooth operation of computer components can be ensured as long as the converted DC voltage is within the operating voltage range, it may be because some DC voltages are not the optimal voltage for computer components, making the operation of the overall computer components Inefficient and needs to be adjusted.

In view of the above, the present invention provides a method for adjusting voltage configuration of computer components.

A method for adjusting voltage configuration of computer components according to an embodiment of the present invention includes running a BIOS with a processor to execute a voltage adjustment program, and re-executing the voltage adjustment program after restarting as described later. The voltage adjustment process includes testing a plurality of computer components to which a current voltage combination is applied by a performance testing tool to Generate a current performance score; update a historical performance score group according to the current performance score, the historical performance score group includes a plurality of historical performance scores; when there is at least one undetected voltage combination in a plurality of preset voltage combinations, use the at least one One of the undetected voltage combinations updates the current voltage combination and restarts; and when there is no undetected voltage combination in the preset voltage combination, a target voltage combination is determined according to the updated historical performance score group, so that the The voltage control chip provides the target voltage combination to the computer components.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, a method for adjusting voltage configuration of computer components includes running a BIOS with a processor to execute a voltage adjustment program, and re-executing the voltage adjustment program after restarting as described later. The voltage adjustment procedure includes detecting a plurality of computer components applied to a current voltage combination by a performance detection tool to generate a current performance score; comparing the current performance score with a historical performance score; when the current performance score is low When the historical performance score is used, update the current voltage combination according to the historical performance score and restart, or determine a target voltage combination according to the historical performance score so that the voltage control chip can provide the target voltage combination for the computer components; when the current performance score is not lower than When the historical performance score is used, update the historical performance score according to the current performance score, and judge whether there is at least one undetected voltage combination in a plurality of preset voltage combinations; when there is at least one undetected voltage combination in the preset voltage combination, use at least one One of the undetected voltage combinations updates the current voltage combination, and restarts; and when there is no undetected voltage combination in the preset voltage combination, the current voltage combination is used as the target voltage combination, so that the voltage control chip is connected to the computer. Components provide target voltage combinations.

A computer device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a plurality of computer components, a voltage control chip, a non-volatile memory, and a processor. The voltage control chip is electrically connected to the plurality of computer components. Non-volatile memory stores a BIOS. The processor is electrically connected to the plurality of computer components, the voltage control chip and the non-volatile memory, and is used to run the basic input and output system to execute the voltage configuration adjustment method of any one of the above-mentioned embodiments.

With the above-mentioned structure, the method for adjusting the voltage configuration of computer components disclosed in this case can execute the voltage adjustment program through the basic input and output system without occupying the performance of the operating system, and use each boot process to adjust and compare the voltage distribution, so that the computer is in After a certain number of startups, the performance can be optimized, which is beneficial to the operation of the host computer and the deployment process will not take up too much time and resources, and this method is applicable to various brands and models of motherboards, so that the overall computer can achieve Voltage state for best performance.

The above description of the disclosure and the following description of the implementation are used to demonstrate and explain the spirit and principle of the present invention, and provide a further explanation of the patent application scope of the present invention.

1: Computer equipment

10: Voltage control chip

20: Processor

30: Non-volatile memory

31: Basic Input Output System

40a: Volatile memory

40b: Universal serial bus device

40c: Rapid Peripheral Component Interconnect

40d: Sequential Advanced Technology Accessory Device

50: Platform path controller

S100~S105, S200~S207, S300~S311, S401~S406, S500~S506: steps

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of computer components according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart of a method for adjusting voltage configuration of computer components according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 and 4 are conceptual flowcharts of a method for adjusting voltage configuration of computer components according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a flow chart of a method for adjusting voltage configuration of computer components according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a flow chart of a method for adjusting voltage configuration of computer components according to yet another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart of a method for adjusting voltage configuration of computer components according to yet another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a flow chart of system control according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The detailed features and advantages of the present invention are described in detail below in the implementation mode, and its content is enough to make any person familiar with the related art understand the technical content of the present invention and implement it accordingly, and according to the content disclosed in this specification, the scope of the patent application and the drawings , anyone skilled in the art can easily understand the purpose and advantages of the present invention. The following examples are to further describe the concept of the present invention in detail, but not to limit the scope of the present invention in any way.

Please refer to FIG. 1 , which is a block diagram of computer components according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, a computer device 1 includes a voltage control chip 10, a processor 20, a non-volatile memory 30 and a plurality of computer components, such as a volatile memory 40a, a universal serial bus (USB) device 40b , a peripheral component interconnect express (PCIe) device 40c and a serial advanced technology attachment (SATA) device 40d, but not limited to the above. In other embodiments, the computer components of the computer equipment may only include some of the above types of computer components or include more types of computer components. In addition, the computer device 1 may optionally include a platform path controller 50 as a connection interface between the processor 20 and the non-volatile memory 30 and some computer components.

The voltage control chip 10 of this example is used for voltage control of the computer components 40a to 40d. For example, if the working voltage range of the USB device 40b is 3V~5V, the voltage control chip 10 can adjust the working voltage of the USB device 40b according to the voltage resolution of, for example, 0.1V. Operating voltage (such as 3.2V). The voltage control chip 10 can be controlled by the processor 20 through the voltage control function of the basic input output system 31 in the non-volatile memory 30 through the platform path controller 50 through the system management bus (SMBus), that is, The processor 20 can read and run the BIOS 31 in the non-volatile memory 30 to perform the voltage control function on the voltage control chip 10 . In addition, the volatile memory 40a may include but not limited to dynamic random access memory (DRAM). The USB device 40b may include but not limited to a keyboard, a mouse, a USB hard disk, and the like. The PCIe device 40c may include but not limited to a solid state drive, a PCIe slot, a network card, and the like. The SATA device 40d may include but not limited to a SATA solid state drive or a SATA hard drive.

The processor 20 in this example may be, but not limited to, a central processing unit or the like. It uses performance testing tools through the basic input and output system 31 (such as using the unified extensible firmware interface testing tools of various computer manufacturers such as Lenovo and HP for program modification) to perform performance testing on computer components, and accordingly regulates the voltage of the control chip 10. voltage output. The performance testing tool can be included in the BIOS 31 or stored in the hard disk in an Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI) format and then read by the BIOS 31 . It should be noted that the performance detection of the computer components 40b to 40d by the processor 20 can be performed through the direct media interface (DMI) and the platform path controller 50, and can also be performed through the dual data transfer mode (DDR) (such as volatile memory body 40a). The non-volatile memory 30 (such as ROM, flash memory, etc.) and the platform path controller 50 can be connected through a serial peripheral interface (SPI).

Please refer to FIG. 2 in conjunction with FIG. 1 . FIG. 2 is a flow chart of a method for adjusting voltage configuration of computer components according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 2 , the method for adjusting the voltage configuration of computer components includes step S100 : start the computer device 1 , and use the processor 20 to run the BIOS 31 to execute the voltage adjustment program. The voltage adjustment procedure includes step S101: borrow Detecting a plurality of computer components 40a to 40d applied to a current voltage combination by a performance testing tool to generate a current performance score, step S102: updating a historical performance score set according to the current performance score, the historical performance score set includes multiple historical performance scores, step S103: judging whether there is at least one undetected voltage combination in a plurality of preset voltage combinations, step S104: when there is at least one undetected voltage combination in a plurality of preset voltage combinations, use the at least one undetected voltage combination One of the detected voltage combinations updates the current voltage combination, and restarts, and step S105: when there is no undetected voltage combination among the preset voltage combinations, determine a target according to the updated historical performance score group The voltage combination is used to make the voltage control chip provide the target voltage combination for the computer components. After restarting is performed in the above steps, the voltage adjustment procedure is performed again.

Specifically, the current voltage combination in step S101 may include multiple voltages corresponding to different components. The following three voltages and corresponding three computer components are used as examples for illustration. For other numbers of voltages and corresponding The same goes for computer components. The current performance score may include individual scores for the three components and/or an overall score. In step S102 , the processor 20 may store the current performance score in a historical performance score set in the non-volatile memory 30 . The so-called historical performance score group may include historical performance scores at multiple time points, and each historical performance score may also include the respective scores of the three components and/or a total score in this example. The voltage of each of the above-mentioned computer components can be adjusted in various sizes, for example, 5 types, that is, the three computer components can have a total of 125 preset voltage combinations, and each preset voltage combination will correspond to a performance score. Therefore, the 125 preset voltage combinations can be divided into undetected voltage combinations, historical voltage combinations and current voltage combinations, so that in step S103, the processor 20 can determine whether there is at least one of the 125 preset voltage combinations The voltage combination is not detected, if so, enter the step S104, the processor 20 updates the current voltage combination stored in the non-volatile memory 30 with one of the undetected voltage combinations, and restarts the computer device 1 . For example, if the current voltage combination is (1,1,1) (the unit is volts, the unit may be omitted below), and the preset voltage combination (2,1,1) is an undetected voltage combination, the processor 20 may Update the current voltage combination to (2,1,1), and perform a restart. It should be noted that before updating the voltage combination, the voltage applied by the voltage control chip 10 to each computer component is according to the current voltage combination, but after updating the voltage combination, the voltage applied by the voltage control chip 10 to each computer component does not immediately changes, but waits for a reboot before applying the updated current voltage combination to the computer components.

Continuing from the above, if there is no undetected voltage combination among the 125 preset voltage combinations, it means that all the preset voltage combinations have been detected and become historical voltage combinations or current voltage combinations. The processor 20 can determine a target voltage combination according to the updated historical performance score set. Specifically, please refer to FIG. 3 and FIG. 4 . FIG. 3 and FIG. 4 are conceptual flowcharts of a method for adjusting voltage configuration of computer components according to an embodiment of the present invention. When the highest historical performance score in the historical performance score group is higher than the current performance score, the historical voltage combination corresponding to the highest historical performance score is used as the target voltage combination. Alternatively, if the current performance score is higher than all historical performance scores, the current voltage combination is used as the target voltage combination. That is to say, the processor 20 uses the historical voltage combination corresponding to the highest of the current performance score and the historical performance score as the target voltage combination, so that the voltage control chip 10 can provide an optimized target voltage combination for the computer components when the computer is turned on next time. .

It should be noted that the time represented by the horizontal axis in Figure 3 and Figure 4 can mean the number of restarts, that is, the voltage combination can change with each restart until the target voltage combination is defined , the voltage combination can be maintained in a steady state.

In addition, the performance scores shown in FIG. 3 and FIG. 4 may be performance scores of each component. For example, a computer component may include a first component and a second component, the current performance score may include a first current performance score and a second current performance score, and the historical performance score group may include a plurality of first historical performance scores and A plurality of second historical performance scores. Each of the first historical performance scores is generated by using the performance testing tool to detect the first component applied with a first historical voltage, and each of the second historical performance scores is generated by using the performance testing tool to detect that it is applied with a second historical voltage. generated by this second component. Determining the target voltage combination according to the updated historical performance score group includes: using the first current performance score and the first historical voltage corresponding to the highest of the first historical performance scores as the target voltage combination corresponding to A first target voltage of the first component; and the second historical voltage corresponding to the second current performance score and the highest of the second historical performance scores as the target voltage combination corresponding to the second A second target voltage for the device. It should be noted that a computer component may comprise more than two components, and the voltage adjustment method may be used for each computer component. In addition, performance can be optimized for some components that are independent of each other, while common performance can be optimized for some components that are associated with each other.

The process of adjusting the voltage combination according to the method shown in FIG. 3 and FIG. 4 can refer to Table 1 and Table 2 below.

Table 1 above shows the scheme of only changing the voltage of one component at a time. After a complete measurement, the voltage combination with the highest performance score can be selected as the target voltage combination from, for example, 125 voltage combinations. Table 2 shows the scheme of adjusting the voltages of all components each time and detecting the performance scores of individual components. After a complete measurement, one with better performance can be selected for each component from, for example, 5 voltage combinations. The voltages are combined to adjust the voltage combination to the state where the respective components have the best performance at the next restart. The above Tables 1 and 2 are only examples, and are not intended to limit the present invention. For example, the voltage adjustment step unit is not necessarily one volt, and even in some cases, in order to improve the convergence speed, the component voltage can be directly adjusted by more than one step unit during each adjustment process.

The voltage adjustment procedure in this case may have other embodiments, please refer to the following description. After the above detection of the current performance score, the voltage adjustment procedure of this example can compare the current performance score with a historical performance score. When the current performance score is lower than the historical performance score At this time, update the current voltage combination according to the historical performance score and restart, or determine a target voltage combination according to the historical performance score so that the voltage control chip provides the target voltage combination for these computer components. When the current performance score is not lower than the historical performance score, the historical performance score is updated according to the current performance score, and it is determined whether there is at least one undetected voltage combination among the plurality of preset voltage combinations. When there is at least one undetected voltage combination among the predetermined voltage combinations, update the current voltage combination with one of the at least one undetected voltage combination, and restart. When there is no undetected voltage combination among the preset voltage combinations, the current voltage combination is used as the target voltage combination, so that the voltage control chip provides the target voltage combination to the computer components.

Specifically, please refer to FIG. 5 and FIG. 6 in conjunction with FIG. 1. FIG. 5 is a flow chart of a method for adjusting voltage configuration of computer components according to another embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 6 is according to another embodiment of the present invention. A flow chart of a method for adjusting voltage configuration of a computer component is shown.

As shown in FIG. 5 , the method for adjusting the voltage configuration of computer components includes step S200 : start the computer device 1 , and use the processor 20 to run a BIOS 31 to execute a voltage adjustment program. The voltage adjustment procedure includes step S201: a plurality of computer components 40a to 40d applied to a current voltage combination are detected by a performance detection tool to generate a current performance score; step S202: the processor 20 compares the current performance score with history Efficiency score to determine whether the current performance score is lower than the historical performance score, if so, execute step S203, otherwise execute step S204; step S203: use the historical voltage combination as the target voltage combination; step S204: update the historical efficiency score according to the current efficiency score; step S205: Determine whether the current voltage combination is the last one of multiple preset voltage combinations, if so, execute step S206, otherwise step S207; Step S206: Taking the current voltage combination as the target voltage combination, and Step S207: Updating the numerical combination of the current voltage combination to the next preset voltage combination.

The above-mentioned voltage adjustment method in FIG. 5 can adjust the voltage value of each element synchronously and change the adjustment direction according to the performance change. It should be noted that the current performance score can include the respective performance scores of multiple components, so when changing the voltage combination causes the performance of each component to fluctuate, the respective voltage values can be gradually updated to a voltage combination with better performance , to achieve the target voltage combination. In this example, judging whether there is at least one undetected voltage combination in a plurality of preset voltage combinations may include: judging whether the current voltage combination is the last one of the preset voltage combinations to generate a judgment result, and when If the judgment result is no, it means that there is at least one undetected voltage combination among the preset voltage combinations, and when the judgment result is yes, it means that there is no undetected voltage combination among the preset voltage combinations.

The process of adjusting the voltage combination according to the method in FIG. 5 can refer to Table 3 below.

Table 3 above shows that when each component voltage is adjusted from 1 (V) to 2 (V), the individual performance scores are reduced, and the historical voltage combination (1,1,1) is used as the third adjustment target voltage combination. In addition, if the performance score of individual components is improved, the voltage of individual components can also be continuously adjusted adaptively. For example, if the performance of component B at a voltage value of 2 (V) is better than that of a voltage value of 1 (V), then the voltage values of components A and C can be maintained Under the condition of 1(V), continuously adjust the voltage value of component B to 3(V). The above Table 3 is only an example and is not intended to limit the present invention. For example, the voltage adjustment step unit is not necessarily one volt, and even in some cases, in order to improve the convergence speed, the component voltage can be directly adjusted by more than one step unit during each adjustment process.

As shown in FIG. 6 , the voltage configuration adjustment method includes step S300 : start the computer device 1 , and use the processor 20 to run a BIOS 31 to execute the voltage adjustment program. The voltage adjustment program includes executing step S301 with the processor 20: detecting a plurality of computer components that are supplied with a current voltage combination to generate a current performance score; step S302: comparing the current performance score with historical performance scores to determine the current performance score Whether it is lower than the historical performance score, if so, execute step S306, otherwise step S303, step S303: update the historical performance score according to the current performance score; step S304: determine whether the value of the variable voltage parameter is the last one of multiple preset voltages, If so, execute step S309, otherwise step S305; step S305: adjust the value of the variable voltage parameter to the next preset voltage, and restart; step S306: determine whether the variable voltage parameter is the last one among multiple component voltage parameters, If so, execute step S307, otherwise step S308; step S307: adjust the value of the variable voltage parameter to the historical voltage to determine the target voltage combination; step S308: adjust the value of the variable voltage parameter to the historical voltage, and adjust the value of the next component voltage The parameter is adjusted as a variable voltage parameter; step S309: judge whether the variable voltage parameter is the last one among multiple component voltage parameters, if so, execute step S310, otherwise step S311; step S310: use the current voltage combination as the target voltage combination, and Step S311: adjust the next component voltage parameter as a variable voltage parameter, and restart.

In the embodiment of FIG. 6 , it is determined whether the value of the variable voltage parameter is the last one of the preset voltages (step S304 ) or whether the value of the variable voltage parameter is the last one of the component voltage parameters (step S306 ). For example, there are three components in a computer device, and each component can adjust the voltage value in the interval of 1-5 (V) at an interval of 1 volt (V). That is, when the voltage value of any component is adjusted to 5 (V) from small to large, or adjusted to 1 (V) from large to small, the value of the variable voltage parameter is regarded as the last value of the preset voltage. . As the voltage adjustment of each component is completed one by one, when the adjustment of the last component (the third component) is performed, the variable voltage parameter can be regarded as the last component voltage parameter.

In the embodiment of FIG. 6 , the determination of whether there is at least one undetected voltage combination in the plurality of preset voltage combinations may include: judging whether the value of the variable voltage parameter of the current voltage combination is the last one or more in the plurality of preset voltages. A first judgment result is generated, and it is judged whether the variable voltage parameter is the last of a plurality of component voltage parameters to generate a second judgment result. When any one of the first judgment result and the second judgment result is negative, it means that there is at least one undetected voltage combination in the preset voltage combinations, and when the first judgment result and the second judgment result When the results are all yes, it means that there is no undetected voltage combination among the preset voltage combinations.

The process of adjusting the voltage combination according to the method shown in FIG. 6 can refer to Table 4 below.

Table 3 above shows that each voltage combination is adjusted during the restart process and the overall performance changes are observed. For example, in the second adjustment, the voltage combination is adjusted from (1,1,1) to (2,1,1), resulting in a decrease in performance, so the voltage of component A will be fixed at 1 and other voltages will be adjusted, and finally The optimal voltage combination is determined to be (1,1,1). In addition, the number of adjustments of this method can be between 5 and 14 times, that is, the number of adjustments when the target voltage combination is (1,1,1) is 5 times, and the number of adjustments when the target voltage combination is (5,5,5) The number of adjustments is 13 times, which will not be repeated here. The above Table 4 is only an example and is not intended to limit the present invention. For example, the voltage adjustment step unit is not necessarily one volt, and even in some cases, in order to improve the convergence speed, the component voltage can be directly adjusted by more than one step unit during each adjustment process.

Please refer to FIG. 7 in conjunction with FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 . FIG. 7 is a flow chart of a method for adjusting voltage configuration of computer components according to yet another embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 7 , step S104 in FIG. 2 may include steps S401 to S406 . Step S401: The processor 20 records the current voltage combination, the previous historical voltage combination corresponding to the previous historical performance score, and at least one undetected voltage combination as a plurality of coordinate points in a vector space, and the vector space is represented by the current voltage combination The voltage parameters of multiple computer components are multiple coordinate axes. Taking the three computer components mentioned earlier as an example, their voltage combinations can be regarded as coordinate points in a three-dimensional vector space, such as (1,1,1), (1,2,1), (3,1, 2) and so on, and each coordinate point represents a unique voltage combination. It should be noted that this fictitious method should be understood as related to recording or operating different voltages in the form of vectors, arrays, tables, etc., rather than being limited to fixed descriptions in words.

In step S402: the processor 20 determines whether the comparison result indicates that the current performance score is lower than the previous historical performance score. It should be noted that the current performance score and the historical performance score may contain multiple scores, so the comparison in this step is not limited to the comparison of the total score or the scores of each component. If the comparison result shows that the current performance score is higher than or equal to the previous historical performance score, step S403 is executed: the processor 20 uses the coordinate point corresponding to the current voltage combination as a reference, and searches for the nearest other coordinate point along one of these coordinate axes. punctuation. Specifically, if the performance score of the current voltage state (2,1,1) is higher than the performance score of the previous historical voltage state (1,1,1), the extended axis is considered based on (2,1,1) The closest point traveled, ie (2,2,1), (2,1,2) or (3,1,1). Next, the processor 20 updates the current voltage combination with an undetected voltage combination corresponding to another coordinate point, that is, there is one of the computer components between the updated current voltage combination and the original current voltage combination. voltage difference (for example from (2,1,1) to (2,2,1)), and perform the restart (back to step S100).

On the other hand, if the comparison result indicates that the current performance score is lower than the previous historical performance score, step S404 is executed: the processor 20 uses the coordinate point corresponding to the previous historical voltage combination as a reference, and moves along one of the coordinate axes Find another punctuation point that is closest to each other. Specifically, if the performance score of the current voltage state (2,1,1) is lower than the performance score of the historical voltage state (1,1,1), then consider (1,1,1) as the benchmark The closest point, i.e. (1,2,1) or (1,1,2). Here, (2,1,1) has been detected in this example and is not selected in the undetected voltage combination. Next, in step S406: the processor 20 updates the current voltage combination with an undetected voltage combination corresponding to another coordinate point, that is, there are computer components between the updated current voltage combination and the original current voltage combination. A voltage difference of one of them, and perform the restart (return to step S100). It should be noted that if the another coordinate point cannot correspond to the at least one undetected voltage One of the combinations (step S405), for example, when the above (1,2,1) and (1,1,2) all belong to the historical voltage combination, then use the previous historical voltage combination, namely ( 1, 1, 1), determine the target voltage combination, so that the voltage control chip provides the target voltage combination for these computer components, and execute the restart, that is, step S105.

According to the method shown in FIG. 7 , the voltage combination with better performance can be gradually approached, and it is not necessary to measure all the voltage combinations. As mentioned above, the performance score can include the total performance score or the individual performance scores of computer components, so the method in Figure 5 can be implemented in different ways, that is, the performance score is optimized for the overall performance of all computer components for the total performance score It is still optimized for individual performance scores, so I won’t go into details here.

According to the method of adjusting the voltage configuration in Fig. 2 to Fig. 7, in this case, the effect of optimizing the performance can be achieved by adjusting the voltage combination. Please refer to FIG. 1 and FIG. 8 . FIG. 8 is a flow chart of system control according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in Figure 8, the control process includes S500: start the computer device 1, step S501: determine whether the voltage mode has changed, if so, execute step S504, otherwise execute step S502; step S502: whether the target voltage combination has been determined, if so, execute step S503, otherwise execute step S505; step S503: run the operating system; step S504: adjust the voltage combination of the voltage control chip according to the voltage mode; step S505: execute the voltage adjustment program to determine the target voltage combination; and step S506: restart the computer.

In steps S501 and S504 , the voltage mode can be various modes provided by the BIOS 31 on the setting page, such as high/medium/low performance modes, and correspond to different voltage combinations. In step S502, the processor 20 can run the BIOS 31 to determine whether the target voltage combination has been determined. When the target voltage combination has been determined, the processor 20 can further run an operating system (step S503), wherein the voltage adjustment program is executed on the target voltage combination If not yet determined (step S505 ), and the voltage adjustment program includes one of the voltage adjustment programs described in the preceding embodiments. In this way, the computer startup procedure after the voltage combination optimization can be reduced.

In addition to using the BIOS 31 to perform performance evaluation, the processor 20 can also run an operating system in other implementations, so as to use another performance detection tool in the operating system to detect the conditions that are applied to the target voltage combination. computer components. For example, the performance testing tool can be an application program server (OS AP) in the operating system, which is installed in the general sector of the hard disk, and the application program server will execute the program as a boot background (a boot-up operation The system will execute), the basic input output system and the application server will use the memory made of complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) as a communication bridge, the basic input output system will write the command in the CMOS and After getting the information of the AP, the AP will get instructions from the CMOS and write all the detection data in the CMOS. The detection tools of the above-mentioned operating system may be, for example, PCMark, Novabench, and the like. In this way, it is even possible to monitor and record the performance changes of the computer during use, so as to optimize the voltage combination with better performance.

The method in this case can not only optimize the performance of the computer during use (turning on and off), but also make unified adjustments before leaving the factory to ensure the performance quality of the factory. And when the computer has been used for a period of time, the state of each component may be different from the original test and have a different optimized voltage combination. At this time, it can also be re-optimized through the one-key optimization of the basic input and output system. This case does not limited to this. One-button optimization design refers to the rapid preparation scheme that the computer will go through the above steps (including restarting) continuously during the boot process of the user until it reaches the optimal voltage state. Specifically, one-click optimization can be activated through trigger conditions, such as the user clicking a specific design button on the BIOS interface, or the computer itself detecting the occurrence of computer component replacement or changing state (such as performance degradation ).

All the above detection data can be stored in a memory made of complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) for reading by the basic input and output system. In addition, for the same computer equipment, the optimized voltage combination may be similar. Therefore, after the adjustment of the method in this case, the consumer computer equipment group and data can be uploaded to the cloud database simultaneously. If other consumers also have the same equipment Combination, the voltage adjustment information can also be downloaded from the cloud database, that is, the optimal performance voltage adjustment result can be achieved without going through the process of adjusting the voltage multiple times.

With the above structure, the method for adjusting the voltage configuration of computer components disclosed in this case can execute the voltage adjustment program through the basic input output system or the operating system, and use each boot process to adjust and compare the voltage distribution, so that the computer can experience a certain number of times. The performance can be optimized after booting. In addition, the method for adjusting the voltage configuration of computer components disclosed in this case can save computing resources by retaining the optimized voltage distribution of non-volatile memory, which is beneficial to the operation of the computer host and the deployment process will not take too much time and resources, and this method is applicable to motherboards of various brands and models, so that the overall computer can reach the voltage state of the best performance. .

Although the present invention is disclosed by the aforementioned embodiments, they are not intended to limit the present invention. Without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention, all changes and modifications are within the scope of patent protection of the present invention. For the scope of protection defined by the present invention, please refer to the appended scope of patent application.

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A method for adjusting voltage configuration of computer components, including running a basic input output system with a processor to execute: a voltage adjustment program, including: detecting a plurality of computer components that are given a current voltage combination by a performance testing tool, to generate a current performance score; update a historical performance score group according to the current performance score, and the historical performance score group includes a plurality of historical performance scores; when there is at least one undetected voltage combination in a plurality of preset voltage combinations, use the One of at least one undetected voltage combination updates the current voltage combination and restarts; and when there is no undetected voltage combination among the preset voltage combinations, a target is determined according to the updated historical performance score set voltage combinations, so that a voltage control chip provides the target voltage combinations for the computer components; and after the restart, execute the voltage adjustment procedure again. The voltage configuration adjustment method for computer components as described in Claim 1, wherein the historical performance scores are each generated by using the performance detection tool to detect the computer components that are applied with a historical voltage combination, and according to the updated history Determining the target voltage combination by the performance score group includes: taking the historical voltage combination corresponding to the highest of the current performance score and the historical performance scores as the target voltage combination. The voltage configuration adjustment method for computer components as described in claim 1, wherein the computer components include a first component and a second component, and the current performance score includes a first when a previous performance score and a second current performance score, the historical performance score group includes a plurality of first historical performance scores and a plurality of second historical performance scores, each of the first historical performance scores is detected by the performance testing tool generated for the first component of a first historical voltage, each of the second historical performance scores is generated by using the performance testing tool to detect the second component applied with a second historical voltage, and according to the updated The historical performance score group determining the target voltage combination includes: the first current performance score and the first historical voltage corresponding to the highest of the first historical performance scores as the target voltage combination corresponding to the first component and the second historical voltage corresponding to the second current performance score and the highest of the second historical performance scores as a first target voltage corresponding to the second component in the target voltage combination 2. 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A method for adjusting voltage configuration of computer components, including running a basic input output system with a processor to execute: a voltage adjustment program, including: detecting a plurality of computer components that are given a current voltage combination by a performance testing tool, To generate a current performance score; compare the current performance score with a historical performance score; when the current performance score is lower than the historical performance score, update the current voltage combination according to the historical performance score and restart, or according to the historical performance The score determines a target voltage combination for the voltage control chip to provide the target voltage combination to the computer components; When the current performance score is not lower than the historical performance score, update the historical performance score according to the current performance score, and determine whether there is at least one undetected voltage combination among the plurality of preset voltage combinations; when the preset voltage combinations When there is the at least one undetected voltage combination, update the current voltage combination with one of the at least one undetected voltage combination, and restart; and when there is no undetected voltage combination in the preset voltage combinations when, using the current voltage combination as the target voltage combination, so that the voltage control chip provides the target voltage combination for the computer components; and after the restart, execute the voltage adjustment procedure again. The method for adjusting voltage configuration of computer components as described in claim 4, wherein judging whether there is at least one undetected voltage combination in the preset voltage combinations includes: judging whether the current voltage combination is one of the preset voltage combinations The last one is to generate a judgment result; wherein when the judgment result is no, it means that there is at least one undetected voltage combination in the preset voltage combinations, and when the judgment result is yes, it means that there is no in the preset voltage combinations There is any combination of undetected voltages. The voltage configuration adjustment method for computer components as described in Claim 4, wherein judging whether there is at least one undetected voltage combination in the preset voltage combinations includes: judging whether the value of the variable voltage parameter of the current voltage combination is more than one the last one of the preset voltages to generate a first judgment result; and judging whether the fluctuating voltage parameter is the last one of multiple component voltage parameters to generate a second judging result; wherein when any one of the first judging result and the second judging result is negative, it means that the predicted Assume that there is at least one undetected voltage combination among the voltage combinations, and when both the first judgment result and the second judgment result are yes, it means that there is no undetected voltage combination among the preset voltage combinations. The method for adjusting voltage configuration of computer components as described in claim 4 further includes: when the current performance score is lower than the historical performance score, judging whether a variable voltage parameter of the current voltage combination is one of the multiple component voltage parameters The last one; when the variable voltage parameter is not the last of the component voltage parameters, update the current voltage combination according to the historical performance score and restart; and when the variable voltage parameter is the last of the component voltage parameters When, the target voltage combination is determined according to the historical performance score so that the voltage control chip provides the target voltage combination for the computer components. The method for adjusting voltage configuration of computer components as described in Claim 1 or 4, further comprising: using the processor to run the BIOS to determine whether the target voltage combination has been determined; and when the target voltage combination has been determined, An operating system is run by the processor; wherein the voltage adjustment program is executed when the target voltage combination has not been determined. The method for adjusting voltage configuration of computer components as described in claim 1 or 4 further includes: An operating system is run by the processor to detect the computer components supplied with the target voltage combination by another performance detection tool. A computer device comprising: a plurality of computer components; a voltage control chip electrically connected to the computer components; a non-volatile memory storing a basic input output system; and a processor electrically connected to the The computer component, the voltage control chip and the non-volatile memory are used to operate the basic input output system to implement the voltage configuration adjustment method described in any one of claims 1-9.

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