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    AST RESEARCH, INC.          TECHNICAL BULLETIN # 1294               12-1-95

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    		   Premmia MX P/60 Madge 16/4 ISA Token Ring

    PROBLEM

    1. The Madge 16/4 ISA Token Ring board may not work in the Premmia MX P/60
       system in 16 bit mode.

    2. The drivers will not work in the READ mode with Windows 95.

    3. The Plug and Play feature causes the system to hang intermittently.

    4. Running ATI Windows drivers and changing the resolution causes the card
       to de-insert from the ring.

    CAUSE

    Timing compatibility between the Madge PnP adapter and the PnP BIOS.

    SOLUTION

    The solutions are as follows:

    1. For SMART.EXE place PIO2 in the (card) section of SMART.COM or on
       the command line.

    2. For MADGEODI place PIO2 in NET.CFG.

    3. Windows 95/Windows NT use a different driver set which has an
       equivalent parameter for PnP cards only: "Force16BitPIO-1" which needs
       to be added to the registry for the relevant card.

    SYSTEMS AFFECTED
    AST PART NUMBER AND DESCRIPTION

    501577-202      Premmia MX P/60