Darrell Damon Hunt

US Patent:

6851065, Feb 1, 2005

Filed:

Sep 10, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/950029

Inventors:

Darrell Milburn Hunt - Pflugerville TX, US
Gary Douglas Huber - Austin TX, US

Assignee:

Dell Products L.P. - Round Rock TX

International Classification:

G06F 900
G06F 9445

US Classification:

713300, 713 1, 713 2, 713100

Abstract:

A method of operating a computer system with a central processing unit, a plurality of peripheral units coupled with the central processing unit, and a power management unit coupled with the central processing unit and the plurality of peripheral units for reducing power consumption during a stand-by mode, whereby a suspend routine is executed to transition from a normal operating mode into a stand-by mode and a resume routine is executed to transition back from a stand-by mode to a normal operating mode, moves specific moveable tasks from the resume routine path to the suspend routine path. Thus, recovery from a stand-by mode is performed much faster.