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AST RESEARCH, INC.           TECHNICAL BULLETIN # 1019                11-16-94

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                     BRAVO MS AND PREMMIA MX AUTOMATIC REBOOT


PROBLEM:        The Bravo MS and Premmia MX systems automatically reboot as
                soon as the DWCFGMG.SYS driver is loaded (the Plug & Play
                Configuration Manager file) into Upper Memory Blocks (UMB) from
                CONGIF.SYS.

EXPLANATION:    If the Configuration Manager file is not loaded first, a
                conflict may occur with subsequent drivers of PnP/ISA cards.

SYSTEMS
AFFECTED:           AST
                PART NUMBER         DESCRIPTION

                501442-201      BMS4-66D/273W 8MB/1MB
                501442-301      BMS4-66D/423C 8MB/1MB
                501429-XXX      PREMMIA MX 486 66D
                501432-XXX      PREMMIA MX 468 100T
                501577-XXX      PREMMIA MX PENTIUM 60

SOLUTION:       Place the Configuration Management file DWCFGMG.SYS in the
                first line of the CONFIG.SYS file.  Edit the CONFIG.SYS file
                type the following line:

                     DEVICE=C:\ DWCFGMG.SYS

                and make sure that the driver is loaded low.