    AST RESEARCH, INC.        TECHNICAL BULLETIN # 1558          08/27/96

    TITLE:  Bravo MS/LC POST Error "16.82"

    SUMMARY

       The Bravo MS/LC system may report error code
       "16.82" when starting the computer.

       This issue affects the following systems: 501772, 501773, 501774,
       501775, 501776,501777, 501778, 501784, 501814, 501815, 501816,
       501860, 501861, 501916, 501926, and 501950. See Software
       Bulletin # 0326.

       This issue also affects the following systems: 501749 and 501841.
       See Software Bulletin # 0327.

    ISSUE

       When the user updates the system BIOS from version 1.04 to
       version 1.05, or when starting the computer, the system may
       report the following error message:

         "16.82 Personality Identification Data has been lost.
          Contact AST Technical support" Press F1 to continue.

    BACKGROUND

       The PID (Personal Identification) was lost or corrupted during
       the situations stated above. In BIOS version 1.05, the PID was
       not "hardwired" into the BIOS.

    ACTION

       Update the system BIOS to version 1.07 (AST part number
       905591-032) or later. File 05591032.EXE is available from one of
       AST's On-Line! services as follows:

          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 007836JA

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