    AST RESEARCH, INC.        TECHNICAL BULLETIN # 1454          03/25/97

    TITLE:  Ascentia J & Advanced Power Management

    ISSUE

       When the user disables Advanced Power Management (APM) in
       Windows, or there is no DOS APM driver loaded, after coming out
       of suspend, the time may not be correct in the Ascentia J system.

       This issue affects all Ascentia J systems.

    BACKGROUND

       As is the nature of APM-compatible BIOS, the system time is
       restored by the APM operating system (OS).

    ACTION

       To resolve the issue, enable APM in Windows 3.x and install the
       DOS APM driver.

       To enable APM in Windows 3.x, follow the steps below:

       1. Exit Windows.

       2. Change to the Windows directory (C:\Windows).

       3. Type Setup and press the  key.

       4. Change computer from MS-DOS system to MS-DOS system
          with APM.

       To enable APM in DOS, add the following line to your CONFIG.SYS
       file:

            DEVICE=C:\DOS\POWER.EXE

    NOTES

       N/A

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