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    AST RESEARCH, INC.           TECHNICAL BULLETIN # 1019                11-16-94

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                         BRAVO MS AND PREMMIA MX AUTOMATIC REBOOT

    PROBLEM:        The Bravo MS and Premmia MX systems automatically reboot as
                    soon as the DWCFGMG.SYS driver is loaded (the Plug & Play
                    Configuration Manager file) into Upper Memory Blocks (UMB) from
                    CONGIF.SYS.

    EXPLANATION:    If the Configuration Manager file is not loaded first, a
                    conflict may occur with subsequent drivers of PnP/ISA cards.

    SYSTEMS
    AFFECTED:           AST
                    PART NUMBER         DESCRIPTION

                    501442-201      BMS4-66D/273W 8MB/1MB
                    501442-301      BMS4-66D/423C 8MB/1MB
                    501429-XXX      PREMMIA MX 486 66D
                    501432-XXX      PREMMIA MX 468 100T
                    501577-XXX      PREMMIA MX PENTIUM 60

    SOLUTION:       Place the Configuration Management file DWCFGMG.SYS in the
                    first line of the CONFIG.SYS file.  Edit the CONFIG.SYS file
                    type the following line:

                         DEVICE=C:\ DWCFGMG.SYS

                    and make sure that the driver is loaded low.