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AST RESEARCH, INC.        TECHNICAL BULLETIN # 1781          11/25/97 
 
 
 
TITLE:  Ascentia M, Restore CD, PC Cards
 
 
ISSUE 
 
   After installing some PC Cards, the Ascentia M system may display 
   a question mark on the screen, and an Unknown Device may appear 
   in Device Manager. This will only happen when the customer 
   attempts to restore the system using the Hard Disk Restore CD.  
   
   This issue affects all Ascentia M systems.    

 
BACKGROUND 
 
   N/A    

 
ACTION 
 
   Obtain file PCMCIA.EXE, a Windows 95 CardBus patch for the 
   Ascentia M and follow the installation instructions contained in 
   the README.TXT file.
   
   File <A HREF="FTP://FTP.AST.COM/P-OTHER/PCMCIA.EXE">PCMCIA.EXE</A> is available from any of the following AST 
   On-Line! forums:
   
      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.    

 
NOTES 
 
   N/A    

 
TAN N/A 
 
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