AST RESEARCH, INC. TECHNICAL BULLETIN # 1365 6-21-96 TITLE: Bravo LC Maintenance BIOS Version 1.04 SUMMARY The Bravo LC system may experience lock-up or hang problems, or it may appear to run slower than expected. This issue affects the following Bravo LC systems: 503001 and 501798. ISSUE The Bravo LC may experience the following problems: 1. The system may lock up when loading the Intel EtherExpress Pro 100B PCI driver E100BODI.COM. 2. The system may hang during extremely heavy usage. BACKGROUND N/A ACTION Upgrade the system BIOS to version 1.04, filename 05562036.EXE. This BIOS is a special maintenance version that was developed specifically to address the problems described in this Technical Bulletin. Please see Software Bulletin # 0247 for additional information regarding this version. You can download file 05562036.EXE from the following services: AST WWW Site: http://www.ast.com AST On-Line! BBS*: See IB0001.TXT CompuServe: GO: ASTFORUM Prodigy: Jump: AST Support * 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 001200DM --------------------------------------------------------------------- The information in this data sheet is subject to change without notice. AST Research, Inc. shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein; nor for incidental or consequential damages resulting from the furnishing, performance, or use of this material. This material contains information protected by copyright. No part of this material may be reproduced in any form without prior written consent from AST Research, Inc. All rights reserved. ---------------------------------------------------------------------