Acer Aspire E1-421 Acer Aspire E1-421 Notebook Service Guide - Page 84

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, ZQZ.zip, to a bootable USB Flash Disk. 2. Edit ZQZ.bat file with Windows Notepad under the ZQZ folder. (Figure 2-31) Figure 2-31. Editing the UUID File 3. Boot from USB and excute ZQZ.bat under DOS mode. (Figure 2-32) Microsoft(R) Windows 98 (C)Copyright Microsoft Corp 1981-1999. C:\>CD ZQS_U_V C:\ZQS_U_V>ZQZ 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. At the command prompt, run VEEPROM.EXE to write any changes in the data to the EEPROM. 2-26 System Utilities