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    AST RESEARCH, INC.        TECHNICAL BULLETIN # 1781          11/25/97

    TITLE:  Ascentia M, Restore CD, PC Cards

    ISSUE

       After installing some PC Cards, the Ascentia M system may display
       a question mark on the screen, and an Unknown Device may appear
       in Device Manager. This will only happen when the customer
       attempts to restore the system using the Hard Disk Restore CD.

       This issue affects all Ascentia M systems.

    BACKGROUND

       N/A

    ACTION

       Obtain file PCMCIA.EXE, a Windows 95 CardBus patch for the
       Ascentia M and follow the installation instructions contained in
       the README.TXT file.

       File PCMCIA.EXE is available from any of the following AST
       On-Line! forums:

          AST WWW Site:  http://www.ast.com
          AST On-Line! BBS*:  See IB0001.TXT
          CompuServe:  GO: ASTFORUM
          Prodigy:   JUMP: ASTSUPPORT

          * Refer to IB0001.TXT for a list of AST's
            international BBS numbers.

          To decompress this file, create a temporary directory
          on your hard drive, copy the downloaded file to that
          directory, and run the file.

    NOTES

       N/A

    TAN N/A

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