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AST RESEARCH, INC. TECHNICAL BULLETIN #0723 12-02-91
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AST PREMIUM/386 TOWER EISA DETECTING RAM MEMORY AT 512K
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PROBLEM: When the system is configured with 512K of base memory the
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system BIOS may incorrectly identify LAN cards RAM memory as
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system memory. This problem will occur when the LAN card RAM
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has a starting address of 512K.
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When the system is re-booted via CNTL-ALT-DEL the following
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error message is displayed:
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[20.30] Memory size error - Run EISA config utility.
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AFFECTED
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SYSTEMS: Premium/386 Tower EISA system board with the following part
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number:
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202377-002 Revision "D" and below.
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CAUSE: System BIOS incorrectly testing memory in the
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512K - 640K range.
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SOLUTION: This problem has been resolved with a new release of the
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system BIOS. Customers experiencing this problem should have
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the system BIOS upgraded to version 1.14, see Field Change
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Notice #0046B.
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