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PROMISE TECHNOLOGY, INC.

EIDE 4030 PLUS

Data bus:

32-bit VESA local bus

Size:

Three/quarter-length, full-height card

Hard drive supported:

Four IDE (AT) Interface drives

Floppy drives supported:

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

CONNECTIONS

Function

Location

40-pin primary VESA IDE(AT) interface connector

J1

40-pin secondary VESA IDE(AT) interface connector

J2

40-pin ISA ATAPI IDE(AT) interface connector

J3

34-pin connector - floppy drive interface

J4

16-pin connector - game port (external)

J5

9-pin connector - serial port 1 (external)

J6

10-pin connector - serial port 2 (internal)

J7

25-pin parallel port (external)

J8

4-pin connector - drive active LED

JP2

Note: Connector J3 is used for IDE CD-ROM (ATAPI) and tape drives.

USER CONFIGURABLE SETTINGS

Function

Location

Setting

»

VESA IDE is primary channel

JP1

pins 1 & 2 closed

 

VESA IDE is secondary channel

JP1

pins 2 & 3 closed

 

VESA IDE channel is disabled

JP1

all open

»

ISA IDE(AT) interrupt IRQ15 select

JP3

pins 1 & 2 closed

 

ISA IDE(AT) interrupt IRQ14 select

JP3

pins 2 & 3 closed

»

Game port enabled

JP4/A

pins 1 & 2 closed

 

Game port disabled

JP4/A

pins 2 & 3 closed

»

Factory configured - do not alter

JP4/B

pins 1 & 2 closed

USER CONFIGURABLE SETTINGS (CONTINUED)

Function

Location

Setting

»

Floppy drive interface enabled

JP4/C

pins 1 & 2 closed

 

Floppy drive interface disabled

JP4/C

pins 2 & 3 closed

»

Parallel port interrupt select IRQ7

JP5/A

pins 1 & 2 closed

 

Parallel port interrupt select IRQ5

JP5/A

pins 2 & 3 closed

PARALLEL PORT ADDRESS SELECTION

Address

JP5/B

JP5/C

»

378h

pins 2 & 3 closed

pins 1 & 2 closed

 

278h

pins 1 & 2 closed

pins 1 & 2 closed

 

3BCh

pins 1 & 2 closed

pins 2 & 3 closed

 

Disabled

pins 2 & 3 closed

pins 2 & 3 closed

PRIMARY SERIAL PORT ADDRESS SELECTION

Address

JP5/F

JP5/G

»

3F8h (COM1)

pins 1 & 2 closed

pins 1 & 2 closed

 

2F8h (COM2)

pins 2 & 3 closed

pins 1 & 2 closed

 

3E8h (COM3)

pins 1 & 2 closed

pins 2 & 3 closed

 

Disabled

pins 2 & 3 closed

pins 2 & 3 closed

SECONDARY SERIAL PORT ADDRESS SELECTION

Address

JP5/D

JP5/E

»

2F8h (COM2)

pins 1 & 2 closed

pins 1 & 2 closed

 

3F8h (COM1)

pins 2 & 3 closed

pins 1 & 2 closed

 

2E8h (COM3)

pins 1 & 2 closed

pins 2 & 3 closed

 

Disabled

pins 2 & 3 closed

pins 2 & 3 closed

ISA IDE CONFIGURATION

Setting

JP4/D

JP4/E

»

ISA IDE(AT) interface is secondary interface

pins 1 & 2 closed

pins 1 & 2 closed

 

ISA IDE(AT) interface is primary interface

pins 1 & 2 closed

pins 2 & 3 closed

 

ISA IDE(AT) interface is disabled

pins 2 & 3 closed

pins 2 & 3 closed

DMA CHANNEL CONFIGURATION

DMA

JP6/A

JP6/B

»

3

pins 2 & 3 closed

pins 2 & 3 closed

 

1

pins 1 & 2 closed

pins 1 & 2 closed

DRAM CONFIGURATION

Size

Bank 0

Bank 1

512KB

(2) 256K x 9

NONE

1MB

(2) 256K x 9

(2) 256K x 9

2MB

(2) 1M x 9

NONE

4MB

(2) 1M x 9

(2) 1M x 9

8MB

(2) 4M x 9

NONE

16MB

(2) 4M x 9

(2) 4M x 9

Note: The EIDE 4030 PLUS must have at least 512KB installed in order to function. Optimum operation is achieved using 4 identical SIMM modules.