    AST RESEARCH, INC.          TECHNICAL BULLETIN # 0935                 6-14-94

                 PREMMIA LX DOES NOT RECOGNIZE FULL HARD DRIVE CAPACITY

    PROBLEM:        The Premmia LX system does not recognize drives over 515 MB.

    CAUSE:          BIOS Version 1.09 or lower does not support large capacity
                    drives.

    SYSTEMS
    AFFECTED:           AST                                         REVISION
                    PART NUMBER     DESCRIPTION                      LEVEL
                    501288-XXX      PRM LX P60/3 8 MB 115V            All

    SOLUTION:       To ensure that the system translates the information so that
                    DOS sees the entire drive, do the following:

                    NOTE: If data exists on the hard drive, back up the data prior
                          to proceeding.

                    1.  Update the BIOS to 1.10.
                    2.  Press  to enter Setup.
                    3.  In Standard CMOS Setup select drive type AUTO-CONFIG.
                    4.  Select Advanced CMOS Setup. Press  twice.
                    5.  In Advanced CMOS Setup, highlight IDE LBA TRANSLATION
                        Logical Block Addressing).
                    6.  Press  to enable IDE LBA TRANSLATION.
                    7.  Press  to exit.
                    8.  Highlight WRITE TO CMOS AND EXIT.
                    9.  Press .
                    10. Press ‘Y’ for YES.
                    11. Press  to save and exit Setup.
                    12. Use FDISK to delete all partitions and then recreate new
                        partitions.
                    13. Use Format to reformat the drive.

                    After formatting, the system will read the entire drive.

                    NOTE: It is extremely important to run Fdisk and then re-Format
                          the drive when you make any changes to IDE LBA
                          TRANSLATION.