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             Gannet Utility/Diagnostic Disk Readme File                                   
                   Version  1.00, 03/12/2004                       
     New Technology Development Dept. Platform Software Div.      
    Copyright (C) Wistron Incorported 2004. All rights reserved.


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I. INTRODUCTION

    This Utility/Diagnostic is designed to perform four utilities 
    for Gannet system board:

    (Diagnostic)
    .PQA System Diagnostics
    (Utility)
    .Panel ID Utility
    .1394 GUID Utility
    .Mother Board Data Utility


II. PREPARING A BOOTABLE UTILITY DISK AND USE IT

   Step 1. Create a bootable disk.
           ex: format a: /s

   Step 2. Copy the following files to that bootable disk.

        .HIMEM.SYS
        .RAMDRIVE.SYS
        .CHOICE.COM
        .MSCDEX.EXE
        (You can find these files in \windows\command on WINDOWS98)

        General Syntax:
    
        copy [source path] [destination path]

        1. copy himem.sys a:\
        2. copy ramdrive.sys a:\
        3. copy choice.com a:\
        4. copy mscdex.exe a:\

   Step 3. Decompress the ZIP file to this bootable disk.

   Step 4. Put the bootable disk into Gannet series mobile, then boot.


III. USING THE Gannet UTILITY

   A. PQA System Diagnostics

         Note: This PQA diagnostics program will test Gannet notebook series' 
               hardware peripherals.
  
	  When testing is done, there will be a testing report, where you 
        could find out whether the testing is successful or not.
   
   B. Panel ID Utility

      1.Read Panel ID

           This function displays the Panel ID and Panel type.

      2.Write Panel ID

           This function will write Panel ID by user's choice.

   C. 1394 GUID Utility

      1.Read 1394 GUID

           This function displays the 1394 GUID.

      2.Write 1394 GUID

           This function will write 1394 GUID by user keyin.

   D. Mother board data (MBD) utility

      1.Read mother board data

        This function displays the MBD data.
      
      2.Create Product Name & Manufautur Name.

        This function will auto create Product Name & Manufautur Name.   

      3.Write MBD serial number
           
           This function will write MBD serial number by user keyin.

      4.Write MBD UUID

        There are two sub_functions:

           .Create and write a new UUID

             This function is used when the original UUID is lost or damaged.

           .Write UUID by user keyin

             This function is used when the original UUID is kept. User may
             use "Read Mother Board Data" function first to keep the UUID.
