KOUWELL ELECTRONIC CORPORATION
KW558A
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 |
32-bit VESA Local Bus |
Card Size |
Three-quarter length, full-height card |
CONNECTIONS | |||
Function |
Location |
Function |
Location |
40-pin primary IDE(AT) connector |
J1 |
16-pin game port |
J5 |
10-pin serial port 2 - internal |
J2 |
25-pin parallel port - external |
J6 |
10-pin serial port 2 - internal |
J3 |
4-pin connector - drive active LED |
LED1 |
34-pin cable connector - floppy drive |
J4 |
USER CONFIGURABLE SETTINGS | |||
Function |
Label |
Position | |
Floppy drive interface enabled |
JP2/G |
Pins 1 & 2 closed | |
Floppy drive interface disabled |
JP2/G |
Pins 2 & 3 closed | |
Floppy drive primary address is 3F0-3F7h |
JP2/I |
Pins 2 & 3 closed | |
Floppy drive secondary address is 370-377h |
JP2/I |
Pins 1 & 2 closed | |
Game port enabled |
JP2/K |
Closed | |
Game port disabled |
JP2/K |
Open |
IDE DRIVE SPEED SELECTION | ||
Speed |
JP1/A |
JP1/B |
0 |
Pins 1 & 2 closed |
Pins 1 & 2 closed |
2 |
Pins 2 & 3 closed |
Pins 1 & 2 closed |
4 |
Pins 1 & 2 closed |
Pins 2 & 3 closed |
6 |
Pins 2 & 3 closed |
Pins 2 & 3 closed |
DMA CHANNEL SELECTION | ||
Channel |
JP3/J |
JP3/K |
1 |
Pins 2 & 3 closed |
Pins 1 & 2 closed |
3 |
Pins 1 & 2 closed |
Pins 2 & 3 closed |
PARALLEL PORT ADDRESS SELECTION | ||
Setting |
JP2/A |
JP2/B |
LPT1 (378h) |
Pins 1 & 2 closed |
Pins 2 & 3 closed |
LPT2 (278h) |
Pins 1 & 2 closed |
Pins 1 & 2 closed |
LPT3 (3BCh) |
Pins 2 & 3 closed |
Pins 1 & 2 closed |
Disabled |
Pins 2 7 3 closed |
Pins 2 & 3 closed |
SERIAL PORT 1 ADDRESS SELECTION | ||
Setting |
JP2/E |
JP2/F |
COM1 (3F8h) |
Pins 1 & 2 closed |
Pins 1 & 2 closed |
COM2 (2F8h) |
Pins 1 & 2 closed |
Pins 2 & 3 closed |
COM3 (3E8h) |
Pins 2 & 3 closed |
Pins 1 & 2 closed |
Disabled |
Pins 2 & 3 closed |
Pins 2 & 3 closed |
SERIAL PORT 2 ADDRESS SELECTION | ||
Setting |
JP2/C |
JP2/D |
COM1 (3F8h) |
Pins 1 & 2 closed |
Pins 2 & 3 closed |
COM2 (2F8h) |
Pins 1 & 2 closed |
Pins 1 & 2 closed |
COM4 (2E8h) |
Pins 2 & 3 closed |
Pins 1 & 2 closed |
Disabled |
Pins 2 & 3 closed |
Pins 2 & 3 closed |
SERIAL PORT 1 INTERRUPT SELECTION | ||||||||
IRQ |
JP3/A |
JP3/B |
JP3/C |
JP3/D |
JP3/E |
JP3/F |
JP3/G |
JP3/H |
IRQ3 |
Open |
Open |
Open |
Open |
Open |
Open |
Open |
1 & 2 |
IRQ4 |
Open |
Open |
Open |
Open |
Open |
Open |
1 & 2 |
Open |
IRQ5 |
Open |
Open |
Open |
Open |
Open |
1 & 2 |
Open |
Open |
IRQ9 |
Open |
Open |
Open |
Open |
1 & 2 |
Open |
Open |
Open |
IRQ10 |
Open |
Open |
Open |
1 & 2 |
Open |
Open |
Open |
Open |
IRQ11 |
Open |
Open |
1 & 2 |
Open |
Open |
Open |
Open |
Open |
IRQ12 |
Open |
1 & 2 |
Open |
Open |
Open |
Open |
Open |
Open |
IRQ15 |
1 & 2 |
Open |
Open |
Open |
Open |
Open |
Open |
Open |
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 |
IRQ3 |
Open |
Open |
Open |
Open |
Open |
Open |
Open |
2 & 3 |
IRQ4 |
Open |
Open |
Open |
Open |
Open |
Open |
2 & 3 |
Open |
IRQ5 |
Open |
Open |
Open |
Open |
Open |
2 & 3 |
Open |
Open |
IRQ9 |
Open |
Open |
Open |
Open |
2 & 3 |
Open |
Open |
Open |
IRQ10 |
Open |
Open |
Open |
2 & 3 |
Open |
Open |
Open |
Open |
IRQ11 |
Open |
Open |
2 & 3 |
Open |
Open |
Open |
Open |
Open |
IRQ12 |
Open |
2 & 3 |
Open |
Open |
Open |
Open |
Open |
Open |
IRQ15 |
2 & 3 |
Open |
Open |
Open |
Open |
Open |
Open |
Open |
Note: Pins designated should be in the closed position. |
PARALLEL PORT INTERRUPT SELECTION | |
IRQ |
JP3/I |
IRQ7 |
Pins 2 & 3 closed |
IRQ5 |
Pins 1 & 2 closed |
PARALLEL PORT MODE SELECTION | ||
Setting |
JP2/H |
JP2/J |
Uni-directional |
Pins 2 & 3 closed |
Pins 1 & 2 closed |
EPP |
Pins 2 & 3 closed |
Pins 1 & 2 closed |
ECP |
Pins 1 & 2 closed |
Pins 1 & 2 closed |
EPP+ECP |
Pins 2 & 3 closed |
Pins 2 & 3 closed |