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AST RESEARCH, INC.         SOFTWARE BULLETIN # 0327          10/29/97

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TITLE:  Bravo MS/LC System BIOS No Audio, v1.07
FILENAME(S) / PART NUMBER(S) / DESCRIPTION(S):
   05591032.EXE / 905591-032
   Bravo MS/LC System BIOS No Audio, v1.07 

SUMMARY

   File 05591032.EXE contains version 1.07, disk 1 
   of 1, of the Bravo MS/LC System BIOS with no audio.
    
   This update applies to the following systems: 
   501749 and 501841.

   
RESOLUTIONS

   Fixed the problem of the COM port not being updated in BIOS data 
   area.
   
   Updated video BIOS to version 1.073.   


ENHANCEMENTS

   N/A   


PREVIOUS RELEASE(S)

   Version 1.06 resolved the following problems:
   
   POST code 34 error occurring intermittently.
   
   Unable to warm-boot properly if second IDE channel only has a 
   CD-ROM installed.
   
   Screen blinking or flickering when opening an OS/2 command line 
   window.
   
   Permit system to boot when a parity error is found during memory 
   test.  A warning is given to the user.
   
   Removed Primary Video field from System Setup since this system 
   has no associated jumper.
   
   No error message if floppy controller set to add in and no 
   floppies are connected.
   
   System Setup not displaying the correct number of heads if the WD 
   32500 drive is connected to the system.
   
   
   Version 1.06 contains the following additions and enhancements:
   
   PID is hard-wired in the BIOS.
    
   Added Parity field in system Setup if PID has parity active.
   
   Added support to display system part number in Setup.
   
   Added Advanced Power Management suspend support.
   
   Added delay period prior to entering suspend so that small mouse 
   movements will not wake up the system immediately.
   
   Added IDE Auto detect of absent device (reduce timeout period for 
   no device).
   
   Added BIOS part number in vital statistics table and in system 
   Setup.
   
   Added support for the UPPID utility.
   
   Added mode 3 and 4 CD-ROM support.
   
   Added Plug and Play modem support.
   
   Added support for 512KB and larger L2 cache.


NOTES

   N/A

   For information on installing this update, please view the 
   README.TXT file that accompanies the update.

   You can download this file from the following services:

   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. 

TAN 007836JA, 000732MC

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