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AST RESEARCH, INC.           TECHNICAL BULLETIN # 1073              2-17-95

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		    MISSING CD-ROM DRIVER ON ADVANTAGE! ADVENTURE SYSTEMS


PROBLEM
Some Advantage! Adventure systems were shipped without the required drivers 
for the CD-ROM Subsystem.  Symptoms include an inability to access the CD-ROM 
drive from a DOS prompt by entering "D:<Enter>"

CAUSE
An incorrect process was used in building a limited number of hard drive 
software loads.

SYSTEMS AFFECTED
AST PART NUMBER AND DESCRIPTION

501693-XXX     Advantage! Adventure 6066d
501695-XXX     Advantage! Adventure 6075p
501696-XXX     Advantage! Adventure 8075p
501697-XXX     Advantage! Adventure 8090p

SOLUTION
Obtain the CD-ROM FIX diskette from the AST On-Line! BBS.  The bootable 
diskette will autosense the installed hardware and install all appropriate 
drivers.  File <A HREF="ftp://ftp.ast.com/D-OTHER/CDROMFIX.EXE">CDROMFIX.EXE</A> can be found on AST's BBS (817) 230-6850.  AST's
BBS supports modem speeds up to 28.8k bps.

1. Connect to AST On-Line! BBS 

- US Phone 714-727-4132 (9600/14.4/28.8)
- US Phone 714-727-4723 (2400)

2. Download <A HREF="ftp://ftp.ast.com/D-OTHER/CDROMFIX.EXE">CDROMFIX.EXE</A> from the SYSTEMS area of the FILE library.

3. Create a temporary directory in C:

4. Copy the <A HREF="ftp://ftp.ast.com/D-OTHER/CDROMFIX.EXE">CDROMFIX.EXE</A> file into the temporary directory.

5. From the temporary directory, run CDROMFIX to extract the required files.

6. Copy all the extracted files on to a bootable, formatted diskette.

7. Boot the system from the diskette.

The driver is installed when you see either of the following messages:

	RUN$FILE FIXUPS ARE COMPLETE
or
	CHECKSUM HAS BEEN CORRECTED

File <A HREF="ftp://ftp.ast.com/D-OTHER/CDROMFIX.EXE">CDROMFIX.EXE</A> will also be posted on: 

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