KOUWELL ELECTRONIC CORPORATION
KW-557A
Card Type |
Hard drive controller card |
Hard Drives supported |
Two IDE (AT) drives |
Floppy drives supported |
Two 360KB, 720KB, 1.2MB, or 1.44MB drives |
Data Bus |
16-bit ISA |
Card Size |
Half-length, full-height card |
CONNECTIONS | |||
Function |
Location |
Function |
Location |
34-pin cable connector - floppy drive |
J1 |
10-pin serial port 2 - internal |
J5 |
40-pin primary IDE(AT) connector |
J2 |
25-pin parallel port - external |
J6 |
16-pin game port |
J3 |
2-pin connector - drive active LED |
LED1 |
10-pin serial port 1 - internal |
J4 |
USER CONFIGURABLE SETTINGS | |||
Function |
Label |
Position | |
IDE(AT) interface enabled |
JP1/A |
Pins 1 & 2 closed | |
IDE(AT) interface disabled |
JP1/A |
Pins 2 & 3 closed | |
Factory configured - do not alter |
JP1/B |
Reserved | |
Floppy drive interface enabled |
JP1/C |
Pins 1 & 2 closed | |
Floppy drive interface disabled |
JP1/C |
Pins 2 & 3 closed | |
Floppy drive order is normal (A:, B:) |
JP1/D |
Pins 1 & 2 closed | |
Floppy drive order is reversed (B:, A:) |
JP1/D |
Pins 2 & 3 closed | |
Floppy drive primary |
JP1/E |
Pins 1 & 2 closed | |
Floppy drive secondary |
JP1/E |
Pins 2 & 3 closed | |
Game port enabled |
JP4 |
Closed | |
Game port disabled |
JP4 |
Open |
DACK SELECTION | |||
DACK |
W1/F |
W1/G |
W1/H |
1 (printer) |
Pins 1 & 2 closed |
Open |
Open |
3 (printer) |
Open |
Pins 1 & 2 closed |
Open |
3 (FDC) |
Open |
Pins 2 & 3 closed |
Open |
2 (FDC) |
Open |
Open |
Pins 2 & 3 closed |
DMA CHANNEL SELECTION | |||
Channel |
JP2/G |
JP2/H |
JP2/I |
1 (printer) |
Pins 1 & 2 closed |
Open |
Open |
3 (printer) |
Open |
Pins 1 & 2 closed |
Open |
3 (FDC) |
Open |
Pins 2 & 3 closed |
Open |
2 (FDC) |
Open |
Open |
Pins 2 & 3 closed |
PARALLEL PORT ADDRESS SELECTION | ||
Setting |
JP2/E |
JP2/F |
LPT1 (378h) |
Pins 2 & 3 closed |
Pins 1 & 2 closed |
LPT2 (278h) |
Pins 2 & 3 closed |
Pins 2 & 3 closed |
LPT3 (3BCh) |
Pins 1 & 2 closed |
Pins 1 & 2 closed |
Disabled |
Pins 1 & 2 closed |
Pins 2 & 3 closed |
SERIAL PORT 1 ADDRESS SELECTION | ||
Setting |
JP2/A |
JP2/B |
COM1 (3F8h) |
Pins 1 & 2 closed |
Pins 1 & 2 closed |
COM3 (3E8h) |
Pins 2 & 3 closed |
Pins 2 & 3 closed |
COM4 (2E8h) |
Pins 1 & 2 closed |
Pins 2 & 3 closed |
Disabled |
Pins 2 & 3 closed |
Pins 1 & 2 closed |
SERIAL PORT 2 ADDRESS SELECTION | ||
Setting |
JP2/C |
JP2/D |
COM2 (2F8h) |
Pins 1 & 2 closed |
Pins 1 & 2 closed |
COM3 (3E8h) |
Pins 1 & 2 closed |
Pins 2 & 3 closed |
COM4 (2E8h) |
Pins 2 & 3 closed |
Pins 2 & 3 closed |
Disabled |
Pins 2 & 3 closed |
Pins 1 & 2 closed |
SERIAL PORT 1 INTERRUPT SELECTION | |||||||||
IRQ |
JP3/A |
JP3/B |
JP3/C |
JP3/D |
JP3/E |
JP3/F |
JP3/G |
JP3/H |
JP3/I |
IRQ3 |
1 & 2 |
Open |
Open |
Open |
Open |
Open |
Open |
Open |
Open |
IRQ4 |
Open |
1 & 2 |
Open |
Open |
Open |
Open |
Open |
Open |
Open |
IRQ5 |
Open |
Open |
1 & 2 |
Open |
Open |
Open |
Open |
Open |
Open |
IRQ7 |
Open |
Open |
Open |
1 & 2 |
Open |
Open |
Open |
Open |
Open |
IRQ9 |
Open |
Open |
Open |
Open |
1 & 2 |
Open |
Open |
Open |
Open |
IRQ10 |
Open |
Open |
Open |
Open |
Open |
1 & 2 |
Open |
Open |
Open |
IRQ11 |
Open |
Open |
Open |
Open |
Open |
Open |
1 & 2 |
Open |
Open |
IRQ12 |
Open |
Open |
Open |
Open |
Open |
Open |
Open |
1 & 2 |
Open |
IRQ15 |
Open |
Open |
Open |
Open |
Open |
Open |
Open |
Open |
1 & 2 |
Note: Pins designated should be in the closed position. |
SERIAL PORT 2 INTERRUPT SELECTION | |||||||||
IRQ |
JP3/A |
JP3/B |
JP3/C |
JP3/D |
JP3/E |
JP3/F |
JP3/G |
JP3/H |
JP3/I |
IRQ3 |
2 & 3 |
Open |
Open |
Open |
Open |
Open |
Open |
Open |
Open |
IRQ4 |
Open |
2 & 3 |
Open |
Open |
Open |
Open |
Open |
Open |
Open |
IRQ5 |
Open |
Open |
2 & 3 |
Open |
Open |
Open |
Open |
Open |
Open |
IRQ7 |
Open |
Open |
Open |
2 & 3 |
Open |
Open |
Open |
Open |
Open |
IRQ9 |
Open |
Open |
Open |
Open |
2 & 3 |
Open |
Open |
Open |
Open |
IRQ10 |
Open |
Open |
Open |
Open |
Open |
2 & 3 |
Open |
Open |
Open |
IRQ11 |
Open |
Open |
Open |
Open |
Open |
Open |
2 & 3 |
Open |
Open |
IRQ12 |
Open |
Open |
Open |
Open |
Open |
Open |
Open |
2 & 3 |
Open |
IRQ15 |
Open |
Open |
Open |
Open |
Open |
Open |
Open |
Open |
2 & 3 |
Note: Pins designated should be in the closed position. |
PARALLEL PORT INTERRUPT SELECTION | ||
IRQ |
JP3/J |
JP3/K |
IRQ5 |
Pins 2 & 3 closed |
Open |
IRQ7 |
Pins 1 & 2 closed |
Open |
IRQ12 |
Open |
Pins 1 & 2 closed |
IRQ15 |
Open |
Pins 2 & 3 closed |
PARALLEL PORT MODE SELECTION | ||
Setting |
JP3/L |
JP3/M |
Standard |
Pins 1 & 2 closed |
Pins 1 & 2 closed |
ECP |
Pins 1 & 2 closed |
Pins 2 & 3 closed |
EPP |
Pins 2 & 3 closed |
Pins 1 & 2 closed |