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1. Description
   There is a probability that malfunctioning products are included in 
   the MCU units for the M16C/65 and /64A groups of MCUs. If you use any of 
   these products, you may not program on-chip RAM area of the evaluation 
   MCU, or software breaks may occur at addresses where no software 
   breakpoints have been set.

   The R0E530650MCU00 MCU units concerned are those with the lower four 
   digits of the serial numbers listed in the table below. 
   And all the upgraded products of the R0E530640MCU00, which are upgraded 
   to those for the M16C/65 and /64A groups of MCUs, are concerned. 
   The serial numbers are inscribed on the cables attached to the MCU 
   units.

R0E530650MCU00	Lower 4 digits of Serial Numbers
Charged-WS	0001 through 0029, 0032 through 0048, and 0054 through 0064
Commercial	0065, 0067 through 0109, 0114 through 0116, 0118 through 0131, 0133 through 0136, 0156, 0157, 0168 through 0173, and 0178 through 0180

   If you are using any of the products concerned, check whether it 
   operates properly by performing the steps described in Section 2, 
   and if yours is a malfunctioning product, we will replace it with 
   a properly functioning one free of charge.


2. How to Check the Operations of the Product
   Execute the Self-Check program of the MCU unit by going through 
   the following steps:

   (1) Checking the version number of M16C R8C E100 Emulator Software
       Check whether the version number of you M16C R8C E100 Emulator 
       Software is V.1.01 Release 00. If it is earlier than V.1.01 
       Release 00, update your emulator software to the latest version 
       by downloading the update program from the Web site at:
         http://www.renesas.com/e100_download
       If you have installed V.1.02 Release 00 (to be published on July 16, 
       2009) or later, skip Step (2), and move to Steps (3) and (4).

   (2) Updating the Self-Check program
       a. Download the zip file 
            r0e530650mcu00_selfchkprogram_revision_installer_090616.zip
          to update the Self-Check program from the Web page here.
          This Web page is opened from June 17 on.
       b. Decompress the downloaded zip file to obtain the update program 
          (an exe file). Then execute it and follow the instructions 
          provided on-screen to update the Self-Check program.
          If two or more M16C R8C E100 emulator software products have 
          been installed, make sure that the emulator software is active 
          in advance.
       c. Check to see that the date of creation of the E100SELF_M16C.dll 
          file is June 8, 2009. If so, update is successful. If you have 
          installed the emulator software products in the standard manner, 
          this file will be found in the following folder:
            C:¥Program Files¥Renesas¥Hew¥Tools¥Renesas
                ¥DebugComp¥Platform¥E100¥M16C¥self¥M16C64

          If the date of creation of E100SELF_M16C.dll is not June 8, 
          2009, and you have performed Sub-step b correctly, redo the 
          update.

   (3) Executing the Self-Check program
       Follow the instructions described in the R0E530650MCU00 user's 
       manual to execute the Self-Check program of your MCU unit. 
       Be sure to execute the program under the condition that the user 
       system is not connected with the E100 emulator.

   (4) Checking the results of the self-diagnosis
       If the message saying "Self-Check was normally completed" is 
       displayed after the Self-Check program is complete, your MCU 
       unit is functioning properly. So use it as before.
       If the message saying "The error occurred while Self-Checking" 
       is displayed, it is probable that your MCU unit is a malfunctioning 
       one. In this case, click "Log" in the Self Check window to save 
       the results of the self-diagnosis on a text file, and then send 
       the text file to us as described in Section 3.

3. How to Apply for Free-of-Charge Replacement
   If it is probable that your R0E530650MCU00 MCU unit is a malfunctioning 
   one, send to our contact center the e-mail that asks us to examine the 
   results of the self-diagnosis with the text file containing the results 
   attached. Your e-mail is acceptable on and after June 17, 2009. 
   The e-mail address of our contact center is:
                    csc@renesas.com
   After examining your text file, we will answer you the results of 
   examination.

4. Notices
   (1) If your MCU unit is proved to be a malfunctioning product concerning 
       this issue after examining your text file, we will replace it with 
       a properly functioning one. Note, however, that even if your MCU 
       unit is proved to be malfunctioning, it will not be replaced as 
       long as the self-diagnosis has incorrectly been conducted or 
       your MCU unit has suffered a breakdown.

   (2) We will ship a properly functioning R0E530650MCU00 within 10 
       working days except for the transportation period after receiving 
       your MCU unit. Be aware that shipment will take 10 or more days 
       if we have had a large number of applications at one time.