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AST RESEARCH, INC.         SOFTWARE BULLETIN # 0484          01/22/98

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TITLE:  I20 LAN Adapter Driver Disk, v1.20
FILENAME(S) / PART NUMBER(S) / DESCRIPTION(S):
   14902032.EXE / 914902-032
   I20 LAN Adapter Driver Disk, v1.10
   
   14902033.EXE / 914902-033
   I20 LAN Adapter Driver Disk, v1.20 

SUMMARY

   File 14902033.EXE contains version 1.20 of the I20 LAN Adapter 
   driver disk.
   
   This disk contains the following software:
   
   1. Drivers for Novell Netware.
      NOTE: Only Netware 3.12 and 4.11 are 
      supported.
   
   2. Drivers for Windows NT.
      NOTE: only Windows NT 3.51 and 4.0 are 
      supported.
   
   This diskette contains a special build of the Intel EtherExpress 
   PRO/100 server driver set created specifically for the embedded 
   AST/Nitro3 LAN adapter.
   
   
   NOTE
   
   Before using the drivers contained in this diskette, you MUST 
   update the firmware on the embedded AST/Nitro 3 LAN adapter. The 
   part number of the required firmware is 237045-003. You may also 
   use future releases of the firmware. These releases will include 
   the three digits after the dash, incremented by one for each 
   subsequent release. To load the new firmware, obtain the firmware 
   flash utility p/n 913745-031. This utility disk contains 
   instructions on how to load the flash firmware. 
   
   File 13745031.EXE is available on all AST's On-Line! forums. For 
   further information, refer to Software Bulletin 0491.
   
   This software applies to all Premium HS systems including 503461.

   
RESOLUTIONS

   Version 1.20 contains the following problem resolutions:
   
   This release corrects a problem accessing any device attached to 
   the embedded AIC7880 SCSI controller during installation of 
   Windows NT. This release now allows installation of the PRO/100 
   adapter on systems that boot from a hard drive connected to the 
   7880, or that are being installed from a SCSI CD-ROM attached to 
   the 7880. 
   
   Note that AST systems normally ship with an IDE CD-ROM
   drive and Windows NT installed on drives attached to the RAID 
   controller, and thus are unaffected by this bug.
   
   The "TEST" button on the Windows NT PRO/100 server network 
   adapter Configuration Dialog now functions correctly during 
   initial installation, and will run
   hardware level diagnostics. Previous versions required full 
   installation of the network software first. 
   
   Note that after full installation of the drivers, the
   installed driver is used to perform less invasive testing of the 
   hardware.   


ENHANCEMENTS

   Version 1.20 contains the following enhancements:
   
   This release adds NDIS3 drivers for Microsoft Windows NT 3.51. 
   Please note that these drivers are NOT presently compatible with 
   add-in Intel EtherExpress PRO/100 server adapters.   


PREVIOUS RELEASE(S)

   Version 1.00 was the initial release of this software.


NOTES

   OUTSTANDING ISSUES
   
   While every effort has been made to provide quality software, 
   several known issues remain at the time of this release:
   
   1. Installation of any version of the Intel EtherExpress
      PRO/100 server drivers other than those supplied by 
      AST, specifically for the embedded AST/NITRO3 product,
      may result in incorrect operation of devices in the 
      secondary PCI bus (slots 2-5), and otherwise may not 
      function as expected. Also, this driver diskette must 
      be used when installing additional Intel EtherExpress 
      PRO/100 server plug-in adapters. Up to five additional 
      adapters may be installed under Netware and Windows NT 
      4.0. Additional adapters are not presently supported
      under Windows 3.51.
   
   2. When installing the driver, the "TEST" button will 
      ONLY function correctly with the AST embedded adapter. 
      Under Windows NT 4.0, add-in adapters will install and
      function correctly, however they cannot be tested.
   
   3. The Windows NT 3.51 driver does not presently support 
      add-in Intel EtherExpress PRO/100 server adapters.
   
   4. Both the Windows NT 3.51 driver and the Windows NT
      Pro/100 server adapter configuration dialog's "TEST" 
      button require firmware 1.10 or later, p/n 913745-031.
   
   5. No message is displayed when installing the driver on 
      down-level firmware. Both installation and operation 
      will simply fail under Windows NT 3.51. At present, no 
      utility exists to determine the firmware version 
      number.

   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 N/A

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