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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