    AST RESEARCH, INC.        TECHNICAL BULLETIN # 1648          01/07/97

    TITLE:  Ascentia P Creative Labs Driver Install

    ISSUE

       The Creative Labs audio drivers can not be installed from
       diskettes created with the ASTDU utility on Ascentia P systems
       with BIOS 1.02 or above.

       This issue affects the following systems: 501996 and 501997.

    BACKGROUND

       After the user executes the "INSTALL" program on one of the
       Creative Labs driver diskettes, the following message is
       displayed by the program:

         "To use your PnP Audio Card in DOS/Windows 3.X systems,
          you need to install a PnP Configuration Manager."

       The program will not complete until the Configuration Manager is
       installed.

       The install program executes properly on an Ascentia P system
       running BIOS 1.01 or earlier.

       Changes in the BIOS between versions 1.01 and 1.02, which improve
       the Ascentia P compliance with Plug-and-Play specification X.X
       cause the above situation to occur when the Ascentia P is running
       with BIOS version 1.02 or above.

    ACTION

       Do not execute the following procedures unless it is absolutely
       necessary to re-install the Creative Labs audio drivers from
       diskette.

       1. Download the file CLCONMAN.EXE from one of the AST
          On-Line Services and execute it in an open, temporary
          directory.

       2. Execute the "INSTALL" program, which is one of the files
          generated, by unpacking the above program and follow
          the instructions on the screen.

       Once the Configuration Manager, version 1.04 or later, has been
       installed and the system rebooted as directed, the Creative Labs
       audio driver installation program will run to completion.

    NOTES

       N/A

    TAN 001231RO

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