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    AST RESEARCH, INC.        TECHNICAL BULLETIN # 1084                  3-7-95

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    				  ASCENTIA 910N UNABLE TO RESUME

    PROBLEM
    Under low battery suspend and BIOS revision 2.01, the Ascentia 910N system is
    not able to resume. If your system is unable to resume from suspend, call AST
    Technical Support at 1-800-727-1278, prompts 4,2,2.

    CAUSE
    Certain anomalies in the Ascentia 910N 2.01 BIOS cause the system to be unable
    to resume from a low battery suspend mode.

    SYSTEMS AFFECTED
    AST PART NUMBER AND DESCRIPTION

    501590-301     ASCENTIA 910N 4/75 CS10
    501589-301     ASCENTIA 910N 4/75 CT10
    501589-401     ASCENTIA 910N 4/75 CT10
    501592-201     ASCENTIA 910N 4/50 CS10

    SOLUTION
    If the system BIOS on your Ascentia 910N system is revision 2.01, download
    file 549034.EXE, Ascentia 910N BIOS revision 2.02, and flash the system.
    File 549034.EXE can be found on AST's BBS (817) 230-6850, in the "Systems"
    file area.  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

    Note:  The system BIOS your Ascentia 910N system is currently using is
    displayed in the top, left-hand corner of your screen, at boot-up.

    For additional information on the Ascentia 910N system BIOS, see Software
    Bulletin # 0199B located on AST's BBs, in the "Systems" file area.