PROMISE TECHNOLOGY, INC.

DC2300

Data bus:

32-bit VESA

Size:

Full-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

40-pin connector - VL/IDE drive interface

J1

4-pin connector - drive activity LED

J2

34-pin connector - Floppy drive interface

J3

16-pin connector - Game port

J4

10-pin connector - Serial port 2

J5

10-pin connector - Serial port 1

J6

25-pin connector - parallel port

J7

DISK DATA TRANSFER RATES

Speed

JP1

JP2

JP3

»

2

pins 1 & 2 closed

pins 1 & 2 closed

pins 2 & 3 closed

 

0

pins 1 & 2 closed

pins 2 & 3 closed

pins 2 & 3 closed

 

4

pins 1 & 2 closed

pins 2 & 3 closed

pins 1 & 2 closed

 

6

pins 1 & 2 closed

pins 1 & 2 closed

pins 1 & 2 closed

USER CONFIGURABLE SETTINGS

Function

Location

Setting

»

Floppy controller enabled

JP5/jumper H

pins 2 & 3 closed

 

Floppy controller disabled

JP5/jumper H

pins 1 & 2 closed

»

Game port enabled

JP5/jumper I

pins 2 & 3 closed

 

Game port disabled

JP5/jumper I

pins 1 & 2 closed

»

Parallel data output only enabled

JP6

pins 2 & 3 closed

 

Parallel data input only enabled

JP6

pins 1 & 2 closed

»

IDE disk controller enabled

JP7

Closed

 

IDE disk controller disabled

JP7

Open

IDE INTERRUPT SELECTION - JP4

Address

IRQ

Jumper A

Jumper B

Jumper C

»

Primary

IRQ 14

open

closed

open

 

Secondary

IRQ 12

closed

open

closed

 

Secondary

IRQ 15

open

open

closed

SERIAL PORT 1 ADDRESS - JP5

Address

Jumper A

Jumper B

»

3F8h

pins 1 & 2 closed

pins 1 & 2 closed

 

3E8h

pins 2 & 3 closed

pins 1 & 2 closed

 

Disabled

pins 2 & 3 closed

open

SERIAL PORT 2 ADDRESS - JP5

Address

Jumper C

Jumper D

»

2F8h

pins 2 & 3 closed

pins 2 & 3 closed

 

2E8h

pins 2 & 3 closed

pins 1 & 2 closed

 

Disabled

pins 2 & 3 closed

open

PARALLEL PORT ADDRESS - JP5

Address

Jumper E

Jumper F

Jumper G

»

278h, IRQ7

pins 2 & 3 closed

pins 1 & 2 closed

pins 2 & 3 closed

 

278h, IRQ5

pins 2 & 3 closed

pins 1 & 2 closed

pins 1 & 2 closed

 

378h, IRQ5

pins 2 & 3 closed

pins 2 & 3 closed

pins 1 & 2 closed

 

378h, IRQ7

pins 2 & 3 closed

pins 2 & 3 closed

pins 2 & 3 closed

 

Disabled

pins 1 & 2 closed

open

open