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    AST RESEARCH, INC.         TECHNICAL BULLETIN # 1207A               2-22-96

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    	 Bravo/Premmia GX Using AST DMI Utilities and Microsoft MSD

    PROBLEM

    The program SL.EXE, included with the AST DMI Utilities diskette
    (part number 911874-001), provides access to system information for the
    AST DMI Windows utilities.  This program conflicts with Microsoft's
    MSD.EXE, version 2.11 in such a way that running the two programs
    together causes the system to hang or reboot.

    CAUSE

    The conflict is based in the SL program using INT 2f, which the MSD
    program normally associates with Novell Netware information.

    SYSTEMS AFFECTED
    AST PART NUMBER AND DESCRIPTION

    501522-XXX      PREMMIA GX P100
    501754-XXX      BRAVO MS P100
    911874-031      AST DMI Utilities

    The AST DMI Utilities diskette, file name 11874031.EXE can be found on
    AST's BBS (817) 230-6850.  AST's BBS supports modem speeds up to 28.8k
    bps.  The above file will also be posted on:

    CompuServe
    Go ASTSUPPORT

    AST Worldwide Web Site
    http://www.ast.com

    For AST's world wide BBS numbers, see Technical Bulletin # 1500
    (1500TB.TXT) on AST's BBS and other On-Line! forums.

    SOLUTION

    There are two solutions available at this time :

    1) AST distributes two versions of MSD on the hard disks of the affected
       systems: version 2.01, which does not cause the above stated conflict;
       and version 2.11 which has been renamed to MSD.AST.  These two programs
       are found in both the DOS and WINDOWS subdirectories.  The end user may run
       version 2.01 which will not cause the system to hang, but will report a
       Pentium processor as a DX2/66.

    2) Rename the MSD.AST program to MSD.EXE.  This is the 2.11 version which
       causes the conflict.  Before running this version, remove the line

    		"%DMIDIR%\DOS\BIN\SL o=20"

       from the AUTOEXEC.BAT file.  MSD will now operate normally.  In order
       to use the DMI Utilities, the command line above must be re-inserted into
       the AUTOEXEC.BAT file.

    For Additional information on the AST DMI UTILITIES DISKETTE, see Software
    Bulletin # 0225 in the SBS library of AST's BBS.