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AST RESEARCH, INC.        TECHNICAL BULLETIN # 1084                  3-7-95

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				  ASCENTIA 910N UNABLE TO RESUME


PROBLEM
Under low battery suspend and BIOS revision 2.01, the Ascentia 910N system is 
not able to resume. If your system is unable to resume from suspend, call AST 
Technical Support at 1-800-727-1278, prompts 4,2,2.

CAUSE
Certain anomalies in the Ascentia 910N 2.01 BIOS cause the system to be unable 
to resume from a low battery suspend mode. 

SYSTEMS AFFECTED
AST PART NUMBER AND DESCRIPTION

501590-301     ASCENTIA 910N 4/75 CS10
501589-301     ASCENTIA 910N 4/75 CT10
501589-401     ASCENTIA 910N 4/75 CT10
501592-201     ASCENTIA 910N 4/50 CS10

SOLUTION
If the system BIOS on your Ascentia 910N system is revision 2.01, download 
file 549034.EXE, Ascentia 910N BIOS revision 2.02, and flash the system.  
File 549034.EXE can be found on AST's BBS (817) 230-6850, in the "Systems" 
file area.  AST's BBS supports modem speeds up to 28.8k bps.
The above file will also be posted on: 
	
CompuServe 
Go ASTSUPPORT

AST Worldwide Web Site
http://www.ast.com

Note:  The system BIOS your Ascentia 910N system is currently using is 
displayed in the top, left-hand corner of your screen, at boot-up. 

For additional information on the Ascentia 910N system BIOS, see Software 
Bulletin # 0199B located on AST's BBs, in the "Systems" file area.