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KOUWELL ELECTRONICS CORPORATION

KW-602B

Data Bus

32-bit PCI

Card Size

Full-height, Half-length card

Hard Drives supported

Four IDE (AT) drives

Floppy drives supported

None

Interface

IDE, ATAPI, ATA-2

CONNECTIONS

Function

Label

Function

Label

40-pin connector - primary IDE

J1

10-pin connector - paddle card

W1

2-pin connector - drive active LED

J2

10-pin connector - controller

PCW1

40-pin connector - secondary IDE

J3

 

 

USER CONFIGURABLE SETTINGS

Function

Label

Position

»

Disk change enabled

W2/1

Closed

 

Disk change disabled

W2/1

Open

»

Factory configured - do not alter

W2/3

Open

PCI INTERRUPT SELECTION FOR PRIMARY IDE

Setting

W3/1

W3/2

W3/3

W3/4

»

INTA

Open

Open

Open

Closed

 

INTB

Open

Open

Closed

Open

 

INTC

Open

Closed

Open

Open

 

INTD

Closed

Open

Open

Open

 

Disabled

Open

Open

Open

Open

PCI INTERRUPT SELECTION FOR SECONDARY IDE

Setting

W4/1

W4/2

W4/3

W4/4

 

INTA

Open

Open

Open

Closed

»

INTB

Open

Open

Closed

Open

 

INTC

Open

Closed

Open

Open

 

INTD

Closed

Open

Open

Open

 

Disabled

Open

Open

Open

Open

LEGACY / NATIVE MODE CONFIGURATION

Primary IDE

Secondary IDE

W3

W4

W5

W6

W7

W2/2

Legacy mode

Legacy mode

Enabled

Enabled

Open

2 & 3

2 & 3

Closed

Legacy mode

Native mode

Enabled

Disabled

Closed

2 & 3

Open

Open

Native mode

Legacy mode

Disabled

Enabled

Closed

Open

2 & 3

Open

Native mode

Native mode

Disabled

Disabled

Closed

Open

Open

Open

Note: Designated pins should be in the closed position. W6/pins 1 & 2 and W7/pins 1 & 2 are reserved.

Note: Primary and secondary IDE drives are enabled by selecting a PCI interrupt or attaching the paddle card. Primary or secondary IDE drives are disabled by detaching the paddle card and disabling the PCI interrupt. To attach the paddle card, insert it into an ISA slot and connect PCW1 to W1. The paddle card is used to transfer IRQ14 and IRQ15 signals to the PCI bus on older mainboards that do not have this capability.

MISCELLANEOUS TECHNICAL NOTES

Your mainboard and BIOS determine operating modes. If your mainboard and BIOS support plug-and-play, the controller can operate in PCI native mode. If not, the controller operates in legacy mode.