AST RESEARCH, INC.        TECHNICAL BULLETIN # 1454          03/25/97 
 
 
 
TITLE:  Ascentia J & Advanced Power Management
 
 
ISSUE 
 
   When the user disables Advanced Power Management (APM) in 
   Windows, or there is no DOS APM driver loaded, after coming out 
   of suspend, the time may not be correct in the Ascentia J system.
   
   This issue affects all Ascentia J systems.    

 
BACKGROUND 
 
   As is the nature of APM-compatible BIOS, the system time is 
   restored by the APM operating system (OS).    

 
ACTION 
 
   To resolve the issue, enable APM in Windows 3.x and install the 
   DOS APM driver.
   
   To enable APM in Windows 3.x, follow the steps below:
   
   1. Exit Windows.
   
   2. Change to the Windows directory (C:\Windows).
   
   3. Type Setup and press the <Enter> key.
   
   4. Change computer from MS-DOS system to MS-DOS system
      with APM.
   
   
   To enable APM in DOS, add the following line to your CONFIG.SYS 
   file:
   
        DEVICE=C:\DOS\POWER.EXE    

 
NOTES 
 
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