    AST RESEARCH, INC.        TECHNICAL BULLETIN # 1587          09/24/96

    TITLE:  Card and Socket Services PCMCIA

    SUMMARY

       Mobile systems configured with the Card Wizard default settings may
       hang after running Memmaker. Card Wizard is the PCMCIA Card and
       Socket Services software shipped with certain AST mobile systems
       equipped with PCMCIA sockets.

       This issue affects all mobile computer systems that shipped with
       the Card and Socket Services software.

    ISSUE

       If the user runs Memmaker (express option), the system may hang.
       After rebooting, Memmaker will present the user the option of
       recovering the original configuration. The user should select
       this option and then restart the process using the path described above.

    BACKGROUND

       The device line in CONFIG.SYS that loads the CSALLOC.EXE driver
       cannot be changed to load the driver into high memory. When
       loaded high, it may cause the system to hang.

    ACTION

       At the DOS prompt, type MEMMAKER and press .

       1. To run Memmaker successfully, use the "custom"
          selection.

       2. When prompted, select the option that allows the user
          to specify which drivers can be loaded high.

       3. Select "Yes" for every driver but CSALLOC.EXE.

    NOTES

       N/A

    TAN N/A

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