PROMISE TECHNOLOGY, INC.

EIDE2300 PLUS (VER. 3)

Card Type

Hard drive controller card/Multi I/O card

I/O options

Serial ports (2), parallel port, game port

Hard Drives supported

Two IDE drives, Two EIDE drives

Floppy drives supported

Two 1.2MB, 1.44MB, or 2.88MB drives

Data Bus

32-bit VESA Local Bus

Card Size

Full-length, half-height card

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 EIDE(AT) connector

J1

10-pin serial port 2 - internal

J5

40-pin secondary IDE(AT) connector

J2

4-pin connector - drive active LED

LED1

USER CONFIGURABLE SETTINGS

Function

Label

Position

»

LBA enabled

JP1

Pins 2 & 3 closed

 

LBA disabled

JP1

Pins 1 & 2 closed

»

Factory configured - do not alter

JP5

Pins 1 & 2, 3 & 4 closed

»

Parallel port address 278h

JP6/E

Pins 1 & 2 closed

 

Parallel port address 378h

JP6/E

Pins 2 & 3 closed

»

Game port enabled

JP7/G

Pins 1 & 2 closed

 

Game port disabled

JP7/G

Pins 2 & 3 closed

IDE ENABLE SELECTION

Setting

JP2/A

JP2/B

»

Enable

Pins 1 & 2 closed

Pins 1 & 2 closed

 

Disable

Pins 2 & 3 closed

Pins 1 & 2 closed

IDE PRIMARY/SECONDARY SELECTION

Setting

JP7/C

JP7/D

Primary

Pins 1 & 2 closed

Pins 1 & 2 closed

Secondary

Pins 2 & 3 closed

Pins 2 & 3 closed

FLOPPY ENABLE SELECTION

Setting

JP7/E

JP7/F

Enabled

Pins 1 & 2 closed

Pins 1 & 2 closed

Disabled

Pins 2 & 3 closed

Pins 2 & 3 closed

IDE SPEED SELECTION

SPEED

JP4/A

JP4/B

0

Pins 2 & 3 closed

Pins 2 & 3 closed

2

Pins 2 & 3 closed

Pins 1 & 2 closed

3

Pins 1 & 2 closed

Pins 1 & 2 closed

4

Pins 1 & 2 closed

Pins 2 & 3 closed

SERIAL PORT 1 ADDRESS SELECTION

Setting

JP6/A

JP6/B

COM1 (3F8h)

Pins 1 & 2 closed

Pins 1 & 2 closed

COM3 (3E8h)

Pins 2 & 3 closed

Pins 1 & 2 closed

Disabled

Pins 2 & 3 closed

Pins 2 & 3 closed

SERIAL PORT 2 ADDRESS SELECTION

Setting

JP6/C

JP6/D

COM2 (2F8h)

Pins 1 & 2 closed

Pins 1 & 2 closed

COM4 (2E8h)

Pins 2 & 3 closed

Pins 1 & 2 closed

Disabled

Pins 2 & 3 closed

Pins 2 & 3 closed

BIOS ADDRESS SELECTION

Address

JP3/A

JP3/B

JP3/C

CC000h

Pins 1 & 2 closed

Pins 1 & 2 closed

Pins 1 & 2 closed

C8000h

Pins 2 & 3 closed

Pins 1 & 2 closed

Pins 1 & 2 closed

D0000h

Pins 1 & 2 closed

Pins 2 & 3 closed

Pins 1 & 2 closed

D4000h

Pins 2 & 3 closed

Pins 2 & 3 closed

Pins 1 & 2 closed

D8000h

Pins 1 & 2 closed

Pins 1 & 2 closed

Pins 2 & 3 closed

DC000h

Pins 2 & 3 closed

Pins 1 & 2 closed

Pins 2 & 3 closed

Disabled

Pins 2 & 3 closed

Pins 2 & 3 closed

Pins 2 & 3 closed

PARALLEL PORT INTERRUPT SELECTION

IRQ

JP6/F

5

Pins 2 & 3 closed

7

Pins 1 & 2 closed

Disabled

Open

PARALLEL PORT DMA SELECTION

DMA

JP8/A

JP8/B

1

Pins 2 & 3 closed

Pins 2 & 3 closed

3

Pins 1 & 2 closed

Pins 1 & 2 closed

PARALLEL PORT MODE SELECTION

Setting

JP7/A

JP7/B

ECP

Pins 1 & 2 closed

Pins 1 & 2 closed

EPP

Pins 2 & 3 closed

Pins 2 & 3 closed

Unidirectional

Pins 2 & 3 closed

Pins 1 & 2 closed