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Product Name
It is the default setting as the brand name + model name of Acer product; such as TravelMate 505. "Product
Name" will be automatically created by using 505Util.zip.
Manufacture Name
The default setting is Acer. "Manufacture Name" will be automatically generated by using 505Util.zip.
UUID
It stands for " Universally Unique IDentifiers", also known as GUID (Globally Unique IDentifier). The
requirement specification of SMBIOS 2.1 (System Management BIOS). UUID are fixed-size 128-bit value
and are unique across both space an d time. The currently-used algorith m that was created by the OSF (Open
Software Foundation) from a combination of a timestamp, physical Ethernet address, and a sequence num ber
to generate the unique ID number until the year A.D. 3400. Without a network card machine, a different
method is used to generate that part of the GUID. It differs from Intel number which identifies a computer, but
UUID number can identify a person and even confidential documents user created.
To automatically generate a UUID, please refer to “System Utility Diskette ” in chapter 2 for more
information .
NOTE: The "Serial Number", "Asset Tag Number", "Product Name", "Manu facture Name" and "UUID" are
located in the LCD inverter.
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