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AST RESEARCH, INC          TECHNICAL BULLETIN # 0888A                   6-8-94

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	PREMMIA LX WITH IBM TOKEN RING AND MADGE TOKEN RING ADAPTERS 

PROBLEM:        The IBM 16/4, IBM 16/4 ISA-16, and Madge Straight Blue 16/4 
		Token Ring Adapters fail to work with the Premmia LX.  All four 
		adapters fail diagnostics and will not connect to the network. 
		A "Reported error 11E" or "Initialize failed" may occur.
		
CAUSE:          The Advanced CMOS setup and the switch bank on the adapters may 
		not be configured properly.

SYSTEMS 
AFFECTED:       AST
		PART NUMBER     DESCRIPTION
		501288-XXX      PRM LX P60/3 8 MB 115V
				IBM 16/4 Token Ring Adapter 16 bit
				IBM 16/4 Token Ring Adapter 8 bit
				IBM 16/4 ISA-16 Token Ring Adapter
				Madge Straight Blue 16/4 Token Ring Adapter

SOLUTION 1:     1. Set the "SET DISABLE SHADOW MEMORY BASE" in the Advanced 
		   CMOS Setup option to the same memory address as the above 
		   Token Ring adapters.  For example "CC000".

		2. Recommend 64KB on the shadow memory size.