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    AST RESEARCH, INC.           TECHNICAL BULLETIN # 1073              2-17-95

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    		    MISSING CD-ROM DRIVER ON ADVANTAGE! ADVENTURE SYSTEMS

    PROBLEM
    Some Advantage! Adventure systems were shipped without the required drivers
    for the CD-ROM Subsystem.  Symptoms include an inability to access the CD-ROM
    drive from a DOS prompt by entering "D:"

    CAUSE
    An incorrect process was used in building a limited number of hard drive
    software loads.

    SYSTEMS AFFECTED
    AST PART NUMBER AND DESCRIPTION

    501693-XXX     Advantage! Adventure 6066d
    501695-XXX     Advantage! Adventure 6075p
    501696-XXX     Advantage! Adventure 8075p
    501697-XXX     Advantage! Adventure 8090p

    SOLUTION
    Obtain the CD-ROM FIX diskette from the AST On-Line! BBS.  The bootable
    diskette will autosense the installed hardware and install all appropriate
    drivers.  File CDROMFIX.EXE can be found on AST's BBS (817) 230-6850.  AST's
    BBS supports modem speeds up to 28.8k bps.

    1. Connect to AST On-Line! BBS

    - US Phone 714-727-4132 (9600/14.4/28.8)
    - US Phone 714-727-4723 (2400)

    2. Download CDROMFIX.EXE from the SYSTEMS area of the FILE library.

    3. Create a temporary directory in C:

    4. Copy the CDROMFIX.EXE file into the temporary directory.

    5. From the temporary directory, run CDROMFIX to extract the required files.

    6. Copy all the extracted files on to a bootable, formatted diskette.

    7. Boot the system from the diskette.

    The driver is installed when you see either of the following messages:

    	RUN$FILE FIXUPS ARE COMPLETE
    or
    	CHECKSUM HAS BEEN CORRECTED

    File CDROMFIX.EXE will also be posted on:

    CompuServe
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