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    AST RESEARCH, INC.         TECHNICAL BULLETIN # 1246                 7-6-95

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    ASCENTIA 950N WRONG SUSPEND PARTITION SIZE IN MANUAL

    PROBLEM

    Page 40 of the Ascentia 950N User's Manual (p/n 003257-001) states;

    	 "AST maximizes the suspend partition of all Ascentia hard-disk drives
    	 to 34MB, so you do not need to increase the suspend partition on these
    	 disks."

    The Ascentia 950N system has a maximum RAM value of 40MB, which means that a
    partition of 42MB is warranted.

    CAUSE

    The Ascentia 950N User's Manual (p/n 003257-001) has a misprint concerning
    the suspend partition.

    SYSTEMS AFFECTED
    AST PART NUMBER AND DESCRIPTION

    501707-XXX      ASCENTIA 950N P54/75 CSS-10
    501708-XXX      ASCENTIA 950N P54/75 CTS-10

    SOLUTION

    The User's Manual defines the wrong partition size.  There is nothing wrong
    with the operation of the Ascentia 950N or the hard-disk drive.  All the hard
    disk drives that ship with the Ascentia 950N systems have the correct
    SmartSleep partition size of 42MB as defined.