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        Acer BIOS Reflash Disk Readme File                                   
             Version  V1.08 , September 11, 2003                       
   New Technology Development Dept. Platform Software Div.      
  Copyright (C) Acer Incorported 2003. All rights reserved.                                                           
                                                       
                                                       
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I. INTRODUCTION

    This utility is designed to perform BIOS reflashing
    to an upper version for TravelMate C300 system :

II. PREPARING A BOOTABLE BIOS REFLASH DISK AND USE IT

   Step 1. Create a bootable disk.

   Step 2. Decompress the ZIP file to this bootable disk.

   Step 3. Put the bootable disk into TravelMate C300, then boot.

III. USING THE TravelMate C300 BIOS REFLASH DISK

   # NOTICE !! Important !!                                            #
   #    " Do not power off during a BIOS update. Otherwise your system #
   #      may be damaged "                                             #

   A. After Booting, You will see the massage like this (BIOS Version
      may be different):

               Acer TravelMate C300
               BIOS Flash Service Diskette
               BIOS Version 1.13

               Licensed Material - Property of Acer
               (C) Copyright Acer Corp. 2003
               All Rights Reserved.



        This utility updates the system program to the current level.

        Press <1> to continue, <0> to exit.

        >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Important <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
        Do not power off during a BIOS update. Otherwise your system may
        be damaged.

   B. If you are ready to reflash BIOS, press "1", otherwise press "0".
      If you press "1", the reflash utility will check if this machine
      is Wistron Canary series. If yes, You will see this massage:

            Acer TravelMate C300
            BIOS Flash Service Diskette








       >> Warning <<
       Continuing with this process will install downlevel system
       program than currently installed in the system.
       If unsure, do not continue.

       Press <1> to continue, <0> to exit."

   C. Press "1" to make sure again. The BIOS reflash utility will
      re-check your system and begin to update your BIOS to Version 1.13.

   D. If the BIOS reflash is done successful, you will see:

            Acer TravelMate C300
            BIOS Flash Service Diskette



       System BIOS has been updated successfully.
       Remove your service Diskette from Disk Drive.
       Turn off the power and restart the system.

   E. Turn off power by power button, (not Ctl+Alt+Del) and next
      power on will be booting at BIOS Version 1.13.

IV.Error massages:

    A. HardWare Error

                 Acer TravelMate C300
                 BIOS Flash Service Diskette


                 >> Error <<
                 A hardware error occurred.

    B. BIOS Update Program Error

                 Acer TravelMate C300
                 BIOS Flash Service Diskette


                 System BIOS update program has been cancelled.
                 Turn off the power and restart the system.

    C. System Error

                 Acer TravelMate C300
                 BIOS Flash Service Diskette


                 >> Error <<
                 This diskette does not support this system.

