============================================================================ AST RESEARCH, INC. SOFTWARE BULLETIN # 0158E 5-18-95 ============================================================================ BRAVO LP, BRAVO MT, ADVANTAGE! PLUS MT SYSTEM FLASH BIOS Production Release: 1.09 Available: February, 1995 Part Number Description File Name 905516-311 3.5" diskette 1 of 1 516311.EXE Revision A This is an update to the Bravo LP, Bravo MT, Advantage! Plus MT system flash BIOS. File 516311.EXE can be found on AST's BBS (817) 230-6850, in the "Systems" file area. AST's BBS supports modem speeds up to 28.8k bps. The above file will also be posted on: CompuServe Go ASTSUPPORT AST Worldwide Web Site http://www.ast.com This release contains the following problem resolutions and enhancements: PROBLEMS RESOLVED Change default monitor to color if a monitor is not plugged in during boot. Production Release: 1.08 Available: December, 1994 Revision A This release contains the following problem resolutions and enhancements: PROBLEMS RESOLVED WINDOWS NT reporting 3 floppy drives present when the system only has 2 floppy drives installed. Added video fix for the 132 column problem. Production Release: 1.07 Available: November, 1994 This release contains the following problem resolutions and enhancements: PROBLEMS RESOLVED Fixed the problem of WINDOWS NT reporting three floppy drives present when the system only has two floppy drives installed. Video fix for the 132 column problem. When using 132x25 or 132x44 column modes, when the cursor passes the 76th character, characters begin flashing and ghosting. ENHANCEMENTS Added video fix for the 132 column problem. Production Release: 1.06 Available: June, 1994 This release contains the following problem resolutions and enhancements: PROBLEMS RESOLVED IDE fix for MS Windows NT version 3.5. Boot fix for SCO UNIX on WD Caviar 2700 drive. Fixed the problem of failing the AMIDIAG performance test. Fixed the problem of MFGDIAGS's video memory test fails if temperature=70c and voltage=4.5v. ENHANCEMENTS Support new ATI LX video. Bravo and Advantage! products use a generic logon name. Modified 'Award' to 'A w a r d'. Removed the Processor Type and Processor Speed fields out of System Setup. Removed duplicate IBM trademark and Award copyright string. Production Release:1.05 Available: May, 1994 This release contains the following problem resolutions and enhancements: PROBLEMS RESOLVED Fixed the problem of not displaying the complete logon message on boot. Production Release: 1.04 Available: May, 1994 This release contains the following problem resolutions and enhancements: ENHANCEMENTS Added 486SX doubler support in Setup. Modified the help text within Setup: Password, Hard-disk Timeout, and the Security fields. Eliminated "AST" on top of each System Setup page and BIOS Update page in Setup. Changed the POST error message: 'Keyboard error or no keyboard present.' to 'Key pressed in error or keyboard not attached.' Added COM3 and COM4 support. Production Release: 1.03 Available: January, 1994 Revision A This release contains the following problem resolutions and enhancements: PROBLEMS RESOLVED Corrected problem with the video RAM test on some systems. Production Release: 1.02 Available: January, 1994 Revision A This release contains the following problem resolutions and enhancements: PROBLEMS RESOLVED Manufacturing diagnostics fails the video RAM test on some systems. Production Release: 1.01 Available: December, 1993 Revision A This release contains the following problem resolutions and enhancements: PROBLEMS RESOLVED The new ATI video controller (Rev 6) does not support the I/O location 36EEh to read the Video Frame size. The system hangs when the user enters Setup the second time as a "user" or by pressing at the prompt: "Please type the administrator password or press to run system setup." This problem only happens when the Token Ring Module is installed (OPR#024107). Find which SIMM does not report the correct SIMM when banks 1 and 2 are interleaved. If no drive is installed in system, the error message "Initializing hard disk. Please wait -- ...." comes up twice. Verification of the password in Setup allowed for a 9-character password to be entered exclusive of the enter key. This was reported as OPR# 24111. The system requires pressing a key after bootup to activate Walk n' Lock. ENHANCEMENTS Added support for LBA drives with parameters within Int 13h specifications failing. Added support to display the video memory size. Added support for LBA drives and drives larger than 528MB. Added new message numbers 12.43 - 12.46, since all error message numbers have been removed from runtime hard disk code. Production Release: 1.00 Available: June, 1993 Revision A This is the initial release of the : Bravo LP, Bravo MT, Advantage! Plus MT system flash BIOS.