AST RESEARCH, INC.        TECHNICAL BULLETIN # 1365           6-21-96 
 
 
 
TITLE: Bravo LC Maintenance BIOS Version 1.04
 
 
SUMMARY 
 
   The Bravo LC system may experience lock-up or hang problems, or it
   may appear to run slower than expected.
 
   This issue affects the following Bravo LC systems: 503001 and 501798.


ISSUE 
 
   The Bravo LC may experience the following problems:

   1. The system may lock up when loading the Intel EtherExpress Pro 
      100B  PCI driver E100BODI.COM.

   2. The system may hang during extremely heavy usage.


BACKGROUND 
 
   N/A


ACTION 

   Upgrade the system BIOS to version 1.04, filename 05562036.EXE.

   This BIOS is a special maintenance version that was developed 
   specifically to address the problems described in this Technical 
   Bulletin.  Please see Software Bulletin # 0247 for additional 
   information regarding this version. 

   You can download file 05562036.EXE from the following services:

   AST WWW Site:  http://www.ast.com
   AST On-Line! BBS*:  See IB0001.TXT
   CompuServe:  GO: ASTFORUM
   Prodigy: Jump: AST Support

   * Refer to IB0001.TXT for a list of AST's international BBS 
     numbers.

   To decompress this file, create a temporary directory on your
   hard drive, copy the downloaded file to that directory, and run
   the file. 


NOTES 
 
    N/A
 
 
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