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AST RESEARCH, INC.        TECHNICAL BULLETIN # 1755          09/23/97 
 
 
 
TITLE:  Ascentia P70/80 and 3Com 3C589D
 
 
ISSUE 
 
   When the user installs the Phoenix socket drivers, the 3COM 
   3C589.COM driver may not load correctly on an Ascentia P70 or P80 
   system. 
   
   This issue affects the following systems: 503252 and 503302. This 
   issue may also affect any system using the Phoenix Card Manager.    

 
BACKGROUND 
 
   A PC Card Network driver is really a dual-purpose driver. It is a 
   network driver and a client driver of card services, meaning the 
   driver is PCMCIA-aware.  The resource information may be 
   manipulated for a network PC Card by using the NET.CFG file for 
   Netware or PROTOCOL.INI file for other network Operating Systems.    

 
ACTION 
 
   Confirm that the CONFIG.SYS file contains the following lines for 
   Phoenix Card Manager:
      
         DEVICE=c:\PCM4\DPMS.EXE
         DEVICEHIGH=c:\PCM4\CNFIGNAM.EXE /DEFAULT
         DEVICEHIGH=c:\PCM4\PCMSS.EXE
         DEVICEHIGH=c:\PCM4\PCMCS95.EXE
         DEVICEHIGH=c:\PCM4\PCMRMAN.SYS
         DEVICEHIGH=c:\PCM4\PCMSCD.EXE
         SET PCMPLUS=c:\PCM4    
   
   To unconfigure the card with PCM.EXE, perform the following: 
   
   1. Boot the system to DOS only. 
   
   2. From the directory where PCM resides, normally PCM4,
      run PCM.  
   
   3. From the pull down options, select ALT C, then select 
      'Edit Config Parameters'. 
   
   4. On the next screen, look for the 'Configuration 
      Loaded' field and Tab into this field. Type the letter 
      N and the field will change to NO.  
   
   5. Press the [Enter] key and answer NO to 'Do you wish to
      validate the configuration'.  
   
   6. When the system prompts with 'Do you wish to save it?' 
      answer YES.  
   
   7. Exit the program by pressing the [ALT] and [V] buttons
      and selecting [Exit].  
   
   8. Reboot the system for the changes to take effect.    

 
NOTES 
 
   N/A    

 
TAN EPR 951NS 
 
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