    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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