Audio CD play controller for controlling a CD-rom drive independent of system bios of a computer system
US6704811B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 24, 2001 |
| Grant date | Mar 9, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 5, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG11B2220/2545
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Briefly, a computer system plays audio CDs in a CD-ROM drive during an audio CD play mode in which the computer system is not fully powered. An audio CD play controller of the computer system includes a means for detecting a plurality of audio CD play buttons for playing an audio CD in the CD-ROM drive and a means for communicating a plurality of audio CD play commands corresponding to the plurality of audio CD play buttons to the CD-ROM drive. The computer system enters the audio CD play mode without a full boot-up procedure and without loading an operating system.
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