US 7,321,312 B1
Non-volatile fault indication
Paul J. Garnett, Camberley (United Kingdom)
Assigned to Sun Microsystems, Inc., Santa Clara, Calif. (US)
Filed on Jun. 08, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/863,111.
Int. Cl. G08B 21/00 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 340—653  [340/635; 702/58; 702/59; 714/25; 714/42; 714/48] 24 Claims
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1. A computer system comprising:
a system controller;
a plurality of system components; and
in a positional relationship with at least one system component, a non-volatile fault indicator configured to indicate a fault associated with the at least one system component during operation of the computer system;
wherein, in response to detecting a fault in the at least one system component, the system controller is configured to set the non-volatile fault indicator;
wherein the non-volatile fault indicator is operable to maintain the fault indication without power after powering down of the computer system.