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    AST RESEARCH, INC.          TECHNICAL BULLETIN # 1002              10-25-94

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                  PREMMIA GX WINDOWS GPF ERRORS USING FLOPPY DRIVE A

    PROBLEM:        The Premmia GX system reports Windows GPF errors when reading
                    or writing to floppy drive A.

    CAUSE:          Floppy data corruption is due to old video BIOS 113-25504-100
                    on the ATI PCI Mach 64 video adapter.

    SYSTEMS
    AFFECTED:           AST
                    PART NUMBER       DESCRIPTION

                    501457-XXX      PREMMIA GX P/90
                    501522-XXX      PREMMIA GX P/100

    SOLUTION:       1. Download the self-extracting file ATI64FIX.EXE from AST's
                       BBS, Systems file area.  AST's BBS can be reached by
                       dialing the following telephone number:
                       (817) 230-6850.  AST's Bulletin Board supports modem
    		   speeds up to 28.8k bps.

                    2. Copy ATI64FIX.EXE into the root directory.  This file
                       contains ATI1WS.COM.

                    3. Edit AUTOEXEC.BAT by adding

                           C:\ATI1WS.COM

                       to your AUTOEXEC.BAT file.

                    4. Save and reboot the system.  The Premmia GX system will now
                       read and write floppy drive A without errors.