Acer AO725 Acer Aspire One AO725 Netbook Service Guide - Page 86

Using UUIDTools 0 The UUID (Universally Unique Identifier) Tool copies BIOS information to EEPROM (Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory). Used in the DMI pool data for hardware management. To use UUID to update the DMI Pool, perform the following: 1. Unzip UUID package tool, ZHG.zip, to a bootable USB Flash Disk. 2. Edit ZHG.bat file with Windows Notepad under the ZHG folder. (Figure 2-31) Figure 2-31. Editing the UUID File 3. Boot from USB and excute ZHG.bat under DOS mode. (Figure 2-32) Microsoft(R) Windows 98 (C)Copyright Microsoft Corp 1981-1999. C:\>ZHG Write Data to EEPROM ( From [0h] to [9h] ) : Please wait for progamming... Compare Data with EEPROM ( From [0h] to [9h] ) : Please wait for Comparing... Write Data to EEPROM ( From [6h] to [6h] ) : Please wait for progamming... **** Enter the MAC ID -Sample:001636XXXXXX(_________) Figure 2-32. UUID 4. System will run VEEP_795.EXE to write any changes in the data to the EEPROM and restart automatically when the process finished. 2-26 System Utilities