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    AST RESEARCH, INC.        TECHNICAL BULLETIN # 1797          02/10/98

    TITLE:  Premium HS Utilities CD Locks Up System

    ISSUE

       Booting with the AST Premium HS Utilities CD will lock up the
       system at the Intel Plug-and-Play Configuration Manager.

       This issue affects all Premium HS systems.

    BACKGROUND

       This problem will only occur if you have more than 384MB of
       memory present in the system.

    ACTION

       To avoid this problem, temporarily remove a DIMM. This action
       will lower the total system memory to 384MB or less.

    NOTES

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