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KOUWELL ELECTRONICS CORPORATION

KW-556N

Data bus:

16-bit, ISA

Size:

Half-length, half-height card

Hard drive supported:

Two IDE (AT) Interface drives

Floppy drives supported:

Two 360KB, 720KB, 1.2MB, or 1.44MB drives

CONNECTIONS

Function

Location

34-pin control cable connector - floppy drive

J1

40-pin IDE(AT) Interface connector

J2

15-pin game port - internal

J3

10-pin serial port (COM1/3/4) - internal

J4

10-pin serial port (COM2/3/4) - internal

J6

25-pin parallel port (LPT1/2/3) - external

J7

2-pin connector - Drive active LED

JP1

SERIAL PORT CONFIGURATION

Port 1 (J4)

JP2A

JP2B

»

COM1

Pins 2 &.3

Pins 1 & 2

 

COM3

Pins 1 & 2

Pins 2 &3

 

COM4

Pins 2 &3

Pins 2 &3

 

Disabled

Pins 1 & 2

Pins 1 & 2

SERIAL PORT CONFIGURATION

Port 2 (J6)

JP2C

JP2D

»

COM2

Pins 2 &.3

Pins 1 & 2

 

COM4

Pins 2 &.3

Pins 2 &.3

 

COM3

Pins 1 & 2

Pins 2 &.3

 

Disabled

Pins 1 & 2

Pins 1 & 2

 

SERIAL PORT INTERRUPT SELECT

Port 1 (J4)

J5A

J5B

J5C

»

IRQ4

Closed

Open

Open

 

IRQ3

Open

Closed

Open

 

IRQ5

Open

Open

Closed

SERIAL PORT INTERRUPT SELECT

Port 2 (J6)

J5D

J5E

J5F

»

IRQ3

Closed

Open

Open

 

IRQ4

Open

Closed

Open

 

IRQ5

Open

Open

Closed

PARALLEL PORT CONFIGURATION

LPT

JP2E

JP2F

»

1

Pins 1 & 2 closed

Pins 2 & 3 closed

 

2

Pins 2 & 3 closed

Pins 1 & 2 closed

 

3

Pins 2 & 3 closed

Pins 2 & 3 closed

 

Disabled

Pins 1 & 2 closed

Pins 1 & 2 closed

PARALLEL PORT INTERRUPT SELECT

IRQ

J5G

J5H

»

7

Closed

Open

 

5

Open

Closed

IDE INTERFACE ADDRESS

IDE

Address

JP4A

JP4B

»

Enabled

1F0h - 1F7h, 3F6h, 3F7h

Pins 1 & 2 closed

Pins 2 & 3 closed

 

Disabled

170h - 177h, 376h, 377h

Pins 2 & 3 closed

Pins 1 & 2 closed

FLOPPY DRIVE INTERFACE ADDRESS

Floppy Drive

Address

JP4C

JP4D

»

Enabled

3F0h - 3F7h

Pins 1 & 2 closed

Pins 2 & 3 closed

 

Disabled

370h - 377h

Pins 2 & 3 closed

Pins 1 & 2 closed