TWM400016U - Intelligent computer diagnostic system and diagnostic card for computer debugging - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention discloses an intelligent computer diagnostic system and diagnostic card for computer debugging. The invention employs a dia-gnostic card having a memory therein for storing a debugging message matrix, in which the debugging message matrix is formed by putting the debugging message tables provided by BIOS vendors together into an array structure. When the computer can not boot during the booting procedure, BIOS will send a debugging message pointer to the dia-gnostic card. The diagnostic card will find the debugging message entry to which the debugging message pointer is indicated and show the de-sired debugging message entry on the built-in display device or on a display device of a host PC.

Description

October 07, 099 Amendment Replacement Page i, New Description: [0001] [New Technology Area] This creation is about a computer diagnostic system, and more specifically, this creation is about a smart computer diagnostic system and for computers. Debugging card [0002] [Prior Art] In the field of computers, the power-on self-test card (p〇sT card) is a self-test in the computer's boot-up self-test (p〇wer-〇n self-test, POST) A diagnostic tool that will return the computer's hardware error. The self-test card can be used by a technician or engineer to solve the problem that the computer cannot be turned on.

Machine problems [0003] In general, 'boot self-test card edge. In the expansion slot of the Changhui, for example, in an ISA or PCI expansion slot. When an error occurs during the boot phase, the boot self test card receives the POST code issued by the BIOS and reports the received debug code to the technician or engineer. The debug code consists of two or four or eight hexadecimal numbers. The BIOS (Basic Input/Output System) will pass the debug code (POST code) through the preset I/O, such as I/O p〇rt address 80h at 80h. Give the boot self test card. The technician or engineer must refer to the user manual provided by the manufacturer or computer motherboard manufacturer to remove the meaning of the wrong code.

However, users sometimes do not know the computer's ... 卯 manufacturer or computer motherboard manufacturer, or there is no BI 〇 s manufacturer or computer motherboard manufacturer form nickname A0101 Page 4 / 17 pages [0004] 099 On the 07th of ID, the user manual provided on the replacement page is not able to remove the meaning of the wrong code. To solve this problem, some computer motherboards have built-in display devices to diagnose computer hardware errors. However, this approach will significantly increase the manufacturing cost of the motherboard. Another approach is that the computer motherboard uses an audio beep to report hardware error messages from the user's computer. However, the sound siren can only support a very limited number of error messages and cannot be widely adopted. [0006] Therefore, the applicant proposes a smart computer diagnostic system that allows a technician or an engineer to perform a computer debugging by booting a self-test card without knowing the computer motherboard manufacturer or the BIOS manufacturer. Diagnose the computer encountered errors during the boot phase. [New Content] One of the purposes of this creation is to provide a smart computer diagnostic system and a diagnostic card for computer debugging, which allows the technician or engineer to know the information of the BIOS manufacturer or the computer motherboard manufacturer, or In the case of the user manual, you know the reason why the computer cannot be turned on, and then solve the problem. [_This creation--the generalized implementation mode is - intelligent computer diagnostic system, $--BIOS' and - diagnostic card, which has - memory storage - debug information matrix, which is divided by each BIOS manufacturer The array structure of the error information table 1 When the computer job error occurs and cannot be turned on, just S will send the _ debug information indicator to the diagnostic card. The diagnostic card will find the debug information item pointed to by the debug information indicator in the debug information matrix according to the Debug Information Indicator and display it on the diagnostic card display device or the display device of a host computer. Form No. ΑΟΙΟΙ Page 5 of 17 [0008]

Lg99年伊〇月〇 7th Narrowly defined "% mode is - diagnosis for computer debugging ^ card 'a memory' storage - debug information matrix; and - controller, the controller is received by BIOS A debug information indicator, and according to the side debug information indicator, look for the debug information (4) wrong "is interest indicator for the point you are pointing to 曰 iii _ 3s _·>·><r '' 叼 entry, this shows the debug information that the entry has. [Embodiment] [0009] The first figure shows a system block of a computer according to the present invention - a preferred embodiment. As shown in the figure, a computer 1A includes a central processing unit 1〇8, _ a system The memory 106, and a video controller 1〇4, are connected to and communicate with the _爹 level via a north bridge chipset 1〇2. The system bus 11G can be -PCIS^||Stupid Co-> 1 * *' ^ *·· 敫| Bus or a PCI Express bus: The computer 1 further includes a south bridge chipset 112, which Controls communication between peripheral devices and storage devices. The computer 100 further includes a BIOS memory port 4 connected to the south bridge chipset 112 and containing BIOS code for identifying, testing and starting the system memory 106, the video controller 1 and other hardware. The computer 1 (g further includes a diagnostic card 116 connected through a peripheral interface slot (not shown): connected to the system bus 1 1 〇 and the south bridge chip set 112. The south bridge chip set jig can be connected via a peripheral communication interface 118, for example, a USB interface is connected to a host computer 120. The computer 1 further includes a network interface 14 connected to the south bridge chipset 112, which enables the computer 100 to connect to the network 160 through the network interface 14. 116 has a memory (shown in the second figure), stores a debug information matrix, and if the BIOS fails to boot when it is detected in the booting phase, the B10S will have a special debug information indicator form number. A0101 Page 6 of 17 M400016 October 07, 099 The debugging message pointer is written to the predetermined 〖/ο埠, for example, the I/O address of the address 80h, and the configuration is set to the south bridge chip. The I/O control group device (IV0 control host, not shown) in group 112 enables the I/O control host device to transfer this particular debug information indicator from the predetermined I/O port to the diagnostic card 116. About the diagnostic card 116 System architecture and debug information index's format, will be explained at the bottom.

_] Please refer to the figure - and figure II. The second figure shows a system block circle of the diagnostic card 116, which includes a controller 202, a memory 2〇4, and a display device 206, wherein the controller 2〇2 receives and processes the predetermined ι/〇埠, For example, the poor information indicator of 1/〇埠_1^ East with the address of 80h. The memory 204 is used to store - in addition to the 吟 吟 矩阵 参 ( e (6) find sigh message matrix). The debug information matrix is a matrix in which the debug information tables provided by the M〇s vendors are sorted. The display device 2〇6 is preferably composed of a light-emitting diode (1) ght_emitting di〇desLE]) s) or an LCI panel. When the controller: ι/〇埠, for example, the address is 8G_I/C), the control information indicator is used to search for the hexadecimal value of each field in the debug information indicator. An entry pointed to by the debug information indicator in the array of debug information of the memory 204. When the debug information represented by the entry pointed to by the debug information indicator is found, the controller 2〇2 drives the display device 206 to display the debug information thereon. The format of the debug information indicator and the structure of the debug information matrix will be explained below. Please refer to the second figure and the table -. Table - shows the format of the debug information indicator of the preferred embodiment. As shown in the table - the error letter form number A0101 page 7 / 17 pages [0011] October 07, 099, according to the positive page replacement index indicator 300 contains at least one BIOS Vendor ID 302, A table identity code (table ID) 304, and an index code (Index) 306. The BIOS vendor identification code 302 represents the manufacturer's number of the computer's BIOS, which is composed of two hexadecimal digits and has a length of one byte. Here you can set the number of the BIOS manufacturer company'. For example, set the identity code of American Megatrends Inc. to 01h. The identity code of Phoenix Technologies Ltd. is 〇2h ’ Insyde Software Corp.'s ID code is 03h, Byosoft

The company's identification code is 04h. The table identity code 304 represents the number of the debug information table in the debug information matrix, which is composed of two hexadecimal digits and has one byte (by ta) code. 3〇6 represents the debugk in the table. In addition, the debug information indicator 300 can optionally include an ASCII code 308, which is composed of two hexadecimal digits. And have a length of one byte (by te). When the debug information to be displayed is not in the matrix, the ASCII code 3〇8 is added to the end of the debug information finger-樨2i〇〇, and the controller 2〇2 does not need to compare the debug information matrix. To find the corresponding entry, the person 8 (: 11 code 308 is directly displayed on the display device 206. [0012] Table one 300 392 304 306 308 丄 _ (( ( r~i_„ί ί ί BIOS manufacturer identity horse - Form ID Code Index ASCII Code Page 8 of 17 Form No. A0101 M400016 October 07, 2017 Correction Replacement Page [0013] Please refer to the first figure to the second figure and Table 1 to Table 2. Table 2 shows the creation of one The structure of the debug information matrix of the preferred embodiment. As shown in Table 2, each row of the debug js matrix 400 represents each 21 § vendor, and each column represents each 〇 5 Manufacturer's debugging message table. When the diagnostic card 116 receives the debug information indicator 300, the controller 2〇2 will according to the ten of each of the blocks in the debug information indicator 30. The hexadecimal number is used to find the corresponding entry in the matrix of the debug information. For example, When the debug information indicator 3 is 0x010101, it means that the BI0S vendor identification code is 〇χ〇ι, the table identity code is 〇Χ〇1, and the index code is 〇χ〇1. The controller 2〇2 will be debugging. The first error found in the first hit of the information matrix is sharply interpreted, and in the first debug information table, the following is found: "The debugging information of the confusing reading. Here" (4) (4) 2 The first line of the cryptographic indicator debug information matrix 400, that is, the first index entry of the first form order in the American trend lnc. company's debug information table has the reading I nitia 1 i za ti on Fa ;! u&" :, miscellaneous y debug information is displayed via the display device 206. Such a Lili programmer or engineer does not need to know the information of the BIOS manufacturer or the computer motherboard manufacturer does not need to follow the manufacturer or the battery board. The operator's operation manual, and can know the reason why the electric can not be turned on to solve the problem. [0014] Form 2 Form No. A0101 Page 9 / Total 17 pages M400016 099. October 07 Shuttle replacement page 400

Form 1 Form 2 BIOS Vendor A

0x01 CPU ERROR 0x02 Power Failure 0x03 CMOS ERROR

I

BIOS vendor B

Table 1 0x01 VGA Failure 0x02 System RAM Initialization Failure 0x03 System bus Initialization Failure I I I I

Table 2 0x01 CMOS ERROR 0x02 CPU ERROR 0x03 Power Failure I I I I

0x01 System RAM Initialization Failure 0x02 System bus Initialization Failure 0x03 VGA Failure [0015] See Table 1, Table 3 and Table 4. Table 3 shows the debug information of another comparative embodiment of the present invention; Contrary to Table 1 - * »· ^ ' · - ; t .· »j * * » · · · In contrast, in the embodiment of Table 3, the debug information indicator 500 has only one form code (table ID) 504., ν index code (Index) 506, and a selective ASCII code 508 without a BIOS vendor identity code. Therefore, the debug information matrix stored in the memory 204 of the diagnostic card 161 needs to be created in accordance with the debug information table provided by the BIOS manufacturer or the computer motherboard manufacturer. Table 4 shows the structure of the debug information matrix corresponding to the third example of Table 3. The debug information matrix 600 of Table 4 is simplified to a single-line debug information matrix because it does not need to create a debug information table for each B10S vendor. The embodiments of Tables 3 and 4 are characterized by the ability to match different BIOS vendors and develop customized diagnostics that vary from vendor to vendor.

Form No. A010I

Page ίο/Total π page M400016 Broken card. [0016] Table 3 504 506 508 Form Identity Code Cable Weight ASCII Code October 07, 2008 Core: Positive Replacement Page 500 [0017] Form IV

600 [0018] In addition, the memory stored in the memory 204 is transmitted through the network 160.

Or the host computer 120 is updated, and i is debugged; the message can be transmitted to the host computer; ^*·*, 120 is displayed on the display device of the host computer 120. [0019] In summary, the author computer diagnostic system utilizes a diagnostic card having a memory storage and error information matrix, and the debug information matrix is an array structure composed of a BIOS manufacturer's debug information table. When an error occurs while the computer is turned on and cannot be turned on, the BIOS will send a debug information indicator to the diagnostic card. The diagnostic card will find the debug information item pointed to by the debug information indicator in the debug information matrix according to the debug information indicator, and display it on the display device of the diagnostic card or the display device of a host computer. Form number A0101 Table 0 0x01 System RAM Initialization Failure 0x02 System bus Initialization Failure 0x03 VGA Failure

Table 2 0x01 CPU ERROR 0x02 Power Failure 0x03 CMOS ERROR Page 11 of 17 M400016 099. October 07 Nuclear replacement page. [0020] The present invention has been modified by a person skilled in the art, and is not intended to be protected as claimed. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS [0021] The foregoing description, as well as other features and advantages of the invention, will be best understood by The system block diagram of the computer; and the second diagram shows the system block diagram of the diagnostic card. [Main component symbol description] [0022] 100 computer, wide binding: two. ' [0023] 102 Northbridge chipset [0024] 104 video controller [0025] 106 system memory 1 [0026] 108 central processor [0027 110 System Bus Bar [0028] 11 2 , South Bridge Jingyue Group [0029] 114 BIOS Memory [0030] 11 6 Diagnostic Card [0031] 118 Peripheral Communication Interface [0032] 120 Host Computer Form Number A0101

Page 2 of 17 M400016 [0033] 140 through the network interface [0034] 160 network [0035] 202 controller [0036] 204 memory [0037] 206 display device 099. October 07 nuclear Replacement page

Form No. A0101 Page 13 of 7

Claims (1)

M400016 Six patent application scope·· October 07, 099, the child is replacing the page -.- A kind of intelligent computer diagnosis system error, which contains, / breaks - the computer is wrong at the start of a basic input / output system, used to When the brain is turned on, the value is, *A Hungarian and in the electric-transfer debugging information indicator; and i. I have 1*' sister, the memory stores a debug k-matrix, and the controller receives 垓. . According to the debug information index H, look for the 3^' ϋ information packet, the debug letter = 9-direction entry, thereby showing the system that the entry has - the debug Z, the system described in the first item of the patent scope, wherein The wrong letter is touched by the group of the debug information provided by the weaving merchants. ^ As for the smart computer diagnostic system described in claim 1, the debug information matrix is based on - basic input # The system consists of a list of debug information provided by the system. The brain diagnostic system according to the invention of claim 1, wherein the diagnostic card further comprises a display device, and the debug information is displayed. As for the intelligent computer diagnostic system described in the fourth paragraph of the patent scope, the 5 Xuan debugging information indicator includes: a basic input/output system manufacturer identification code, representing the manufacturer of the basic wheel input/output system of the computer. a table identity code representing the table number in which the debug information is located in the debug information matrix; and an index mar, representing the 09920914 where the debug information is located in the debug information matrix! Table number ΑΟΙΟΙ U 1/Total 17 pages 0993361887-0 October 07, 099 The child is replacing the entry number in the table. For example, the application of the smart computer as described in item 4, wherein the debug information indicator further includes an ASC call, which is displayed on the display device. a diagnostic card for debugging a computer, comprising: a memory storing a matrix of debug information; and controlling the benefit, or the controller receiving a debug information indicator and searching for the debug information according to the debug information The error message _ the key pointed to by the information error indicator, thereby displaying a debug letter -^1 of the entry in the one of the electric bay; the debug card of the debug 'the debug information indicator It is issued by the zero brain pain base I. input/output system. .;·::> If you apply for the (4) 1 (4) debug card described in item 7 (4), you may also include a display device to display the debug information. For example, the diagnostic card of the Debugging Problem of the ninth aspect of the patent application scope includes the following: 乂---the basic input/output line essay code, which represents the basic of the computer. The manufacturer of the input/output system; - the form identification code 'represents the table number in which the debug information is located in the _ error information matrix; and - the index code' represents the location of the debug information in the table in the debug information matrix The entry number. For example, the diagnostic card used for debugging the computer is described in the ninth section of the full-time ninth section, where the debug information indicator further includes -ASCIU|, which is displayed on the 6th display. Form No. A0101 Page 15 of 17 0993361887-0