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AST RESEARCH, INC.          TECHNICAL BULLETIN # 1337               12-4-95

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     Ascentia 910N Not Recognizing The IBM PCMCIA Token Ring Adapter 
	     When Using With Lan Server Requester Under OS/2 Warp


PROBLEM

The PCMCIA configuration utility recognizes an IBM PCMCIA Token Ring adapter, 
when using the adapter with a fresh install of the Lan Requester 4.0, under 
OS/2 Warp, on an Ascentia 910N system.  However,  the configuration utility 
shows the card "not ready" and the unit is unable to make a connection 
to the network.


CAUSE

Lan Server Requester's install program does not configure the IBM PCMCIA 
Token Ring card properly.


SOLUTION

After the installation of the Lan Server Requester is completed, follow the 
steps below:

1. Start the MPTS configuration program by clicking on the MPTS icon in 
   the Desktop folder.  Click on the "configure" button.

2. When the "configure" box pops up, click on the "configure" button.

3. In the "LAP Configuration" box,  click on "edit".

4. The next screen will display  "Parameters for IBM PCMCIA Token-Ring Network 
   adapter".  The Lan Server Requester install program does not configure 
   "Shared RAM Address" and Memory mapped I/O address" automatically.  Use 
   your mouse or arrow keys to select the parameter to edit these fields to 
   D400 and D800 respectively.

5. Click on OK, update the CONFIG.SYS file, and exit.

6. Shut down the system and restart.  Upon reboot, the PCMCIA configuration 
   utility will recognize the IBM card and the Card Status field will show OK.


SYSTEMS AFFECTED
AST PART NUMBER AND DESCRIPTION

501592-XXX      Ascentia 910N 4/50 Color-10
501590-XXX      Ascentia 910N 4/75 Color-10
501589-XXX      Ascentia 910N 4/75 ColorPlus-10