PROMISE TECHNOLOGY, INC.

EIDEPRO

Data Bus

16-bit ISA

Card Size

Half-length, full-height card

Hard Drives supported

Four EIDE drives

Floppy drives supported

Two 360KB, 720KB, 1.2MB, 1.44MB or 2.88MB drives

   

CONNECTIONS

Function

Location

Function

Location

9-pin serial port 1 - external

CN1

34-pin cable connector - floppy drive

J3

25-pin parallel port - external

CN2

16-pin game port

J4

40-pin primary IDE(AT) connector

J1

10-pin serial port 2 - internal

J5

40-pin secondary IDE(AT) connector

J2

4-pin connector - drive active LED

J6

USER CONFIGURABLE SETTINGS

Function

Label

Position

»

Game port enabled

JP2

Pins 1 & 2 closed

 

Game port disabled

JP2

Pins 2 & 3 closed

»

Parallel port I/O address is 378h

JP3

Pins 13 & 14 closed

 

Parallel port I/O address is 278h

JP3

Pins 14 & 15 closed

»

Parallel port IRQ 7 select

JP3

Pins 16 & 17 closed

 

Parallel port IRQ 5 select

JP3

Pins 17 & 18 closed

»

Factory configured - do not alter

JP4/pins 7 & 8

Closed

»

Factory configured - do not alter

JP4/pins 10 & 11

Closed

BIOS SELECTION

Type

JP2

»

C8000h

Pins 10 & 11, 13 & 14, 16 & 17 closed

 

CC000h

Pins 10 & 11, 14 & 15, 16 & 17 closed

 

D8000h

Pins 10 & 11, 13 & 14, 17 & 18 closed

 

DC000h

Pins 10 & 11, 14 & 15, 17 & 18 closed

 

Disabled

Pins 11 & 12, 14 & 15, 17 & 18 closed

DMA CHANNEL SELECTION

Channel

JP5

 

1

Pins 1 & 2, 4 & 5 closed

»

3

Pins 2 & 3, 5 & 6 closed

SERIAL PORT 1 ADDRESS SELECTION

Setting

JP3

COM1 (3F8h) / IRQ4

Pins 1 & 2, 4 & 5 closed

COM3 (3E8h) / IRQ4

Pins 2 & 3, 4 & 5 closed

Disabled

Pins 2 & 3, 5 & 6 closed

SERIAL PORT 2 ADDRESS SELECTION

Setting

JP3

COM2 (2F8h) / IRQ3

Pins 7 & 8, 10 & 11 closed

COM4 (2E8h) / IRQ3

Pins 8 & 9, 10 & 11 closed

Disabled

Pins 8 & 9, 11 & 12 closed

PRIMARY IDE CONTROLLER SELECTION

Setting

JP1

JP2

»

Primary IDE interface enabled

Pins 4 & 5 closed

Pins 7 & 8 closed

 

Primary IDE interface disabled

Pins 4 & 5 open

Pins 8 & 9 closed

SECONDARY IDE CONTROLLER SELECTION

Setting

JP1

JP2

»

Secondary IDE interface enabled

Pins 2 & 3 closed

Pins 4 & 5 closed

 

Secondary IDE interface disabled

Pins 2 & 3 open

Pins 5 & 6 closed

FLOPPY CONTROLLER SELECTION

Setting

JP4

»

Enabled

Pins 13 & 14, 16 & 17 closed

 

Disabled

Pins 14 & 15, 17 & 18 closed

PARALLEL PORT MODE SELECTION

Setting

JP4

 

Uni-directional

Pins 1 & 2, 5 & 6 closed

»

ECP

Pins 1 & 2, 4 & 5 closed

 

EPP

Pins 2 & 3, 5 & 6 closed

 

Disable

Pins 2 & 3, 4 & 5 closed