KOUWELL ELECTRONIC CORPORATION
KW-557TB
Card Type | Hard drive controller card |
Hard Drives supported | Four EIDE drives |
Floppy drives supported | Two 360KB, 720KB, 1.2MB, or 1.44MB drives |
Data Bus | 16-bit ISA |
Card Size | Half-length, full-height card |

CONNECTIONS | |||
Function | Location | Function | Location |
34-pin cable connector - floppy drive | CN1 | 10-pin serial port 2 - internal | CN6 |
40-pin primary IDE(AT) connector | CN2 | 9-pin serial port 1 - external | CN7 |
40-pin secondary IDE(AT) connector | CN3 | 25-pin parallel port A - external | CN8 |
Parallel port B internal | CN4 | 2-pin connector - drive active LED IDE1 | J1 |
16-pin game port | CN5 | 2-pin connector - drive active LED IDE2 | J2 |
USER CONFIGURABLE SETTINGS | |||
Function | Label | Position | |
| » | IDE(1) interface enabled | JP4/A | Pins 1 & 2 closed |
| IDE(1) interface disabled | JP4/A | Pins 2 & 3 closed | |
| » | IDE(2) interface enabled | JP4/B | Pins 1 & 2 closed |
| IDE(2) interface disabled | JP4/B | Pins 2 & 3 closed | |
| » | Floppy drive interface enabled | JP4/C | Pins 1 & 2 closed |
| Floppy drive interface disabled | JP4/C | Pins 2 & 3 closed | |
| » | Floppy drive order is normal (A:, B:) | JP4/D | Pins 1 & 2 closed |
| Floppy drive order is reversed (B:, A:) | JP4/D | Pins 2 & 3 closed | |
| » | Floppy drive primary | JP4/E | Pins 1 & 2 closed |
| Floppy drive secondary | JP4/E | Pins 2 & 3 closed | |
| » | Game port enabled | JP5 | Closed |
| Game port disabled | JP5 | Open | |
PRINTER A DMA CHANNEL SELECTION | ||||
Channel | JP2/G | JP2/H | JP2/I | JP2/J |
1 | Pins 1 & 2 closed | Open | Pins 2 & 3 closed | Open |
3 | Open | Pins 1 & 2 closed | Open | Pins 2 & 3 closed |
PRINTER B DMA CHANNEL SELECTION | ||||
Channel | JP2/G | JP2/H | JP2/I | JP2/J |
1 | Pins 2 & 3 closed | Open | Pins 2 & 3 closed | Open |
3 | Open | Pins 2 & 3 closed | Open | Pins 2 & 3 closed |
PARALLEL PORT A ADDRESS SELECTION | ||
Setting | JP3/A | JP3/B |
LPT1 (378h) | Pins 2 & 3 closed | Pins 1 & 2 closed |
LPT2 (278h) | Pins 2 & 3 closed | Pins 2 & 3 closed |
LPT3 (3BCh) | Pins 1 & 2 closed | Pins 1 & 2 closed |
Disabled | Pins 1 & 2 closed | Pins 2 & 3 closed |
PARALLEL PORT B ADDRESS SELECTION | ||
Setting | JP3/C | JP3/D |
LPT1 (378h) | Pins 2 & 3 closed | Pins 1 & 2 closed |
LPT2 (278h) | Pins 1 & 2 closed | Pins 2 & 3 closed |
LPT3 (3BCh) | Pins 2 & 3 closed | Pins 2 & 3 closed |
Disabled | Pins 1 & 2 closed | Pins 2 & 3 closed |
SERIAL PORT 1 ADDRESS SELECTION | ||
Setting | JP1/A | JP1/B |
COM1 (3F8h) | Pins 1 & 2 closed | Pins 1 & 2 closed |
COM3 (3E8h) | Pins 2 & 3 closed | Pins 2 & 3 closed |
COM4 (2E8h) | Pins 1 & 2 closed | Pins 2 & 3 closed |
Disabled | Pins 2 & 3 closed | Pins 1 & 2 closed |
SERIAL PORT 2 ADDRESS SELECTION | ||
Setting | JP1/C | JP1/D |
COM2 (2F8h) | Pins 1 & 2 closed | Pins 1 & 2 closed |
COM3 (3E8h) | Pins 1 & 2 closed | Pins 2 & 3 closed |
COM4 (2E8h) | Pins 2 & 3 closed | Pins 2 & 3 closed |
Disabled | Pins 2 & 3 closed | Pins 1 & 2 closed |
SERIAL PORT 1 INTERRUPT SELECTION | |||||||
IRQ | JP1/E | JP1/F | JP1/G | JP1/H | JP1/I | JP1/J | JP1/K |
IRQ3 | 1 & 2 | Open | Open | Open | Open | Open | Open |
IRQ4 | Open | 1 & 2 | Open | Open | Open | Open | Open |
IRQ5 | Open | Open | 1 & 2 | Open | Open | Open | Open |
IRQ9 | Open | Open | Open | 1 & 2 | Open | Open | Open |
IRQ10 | Open | Open | Open | Open | 1 & 2 | Open | Open |
IRQ11 | Open | Open | Open | Open | Open | 1 & 2 | Open |
IRQ12 | Open | Open | Open | Open | Open | Open | 1 & 2 |
Note: Pins designated should be in the closed position. | |||||||
SERIAL PORT 2 INTERRUPT SELECTION | |||||||
IRQ | JP1/E | JP1/F | JP1/G | JP1/H | JP1/I | JP1/J | JP1/K |
IRQ3 | 2 & 3 | Open | Open | Open | Open | Open | Open |
IRQ4 | Open | 2 & 3 | Open | Open | Open | Open | Open |
IRQ5 | Open | Open | 2 & 3 | Open | Open | Open | Open |
IRQ9 | Open | Open | Open | 2 & 3 | Open | Open | Open |
IRQ10 | Open | Open | Open | Open | 2 & 3 | Open | Open |
IRQ11 | Open | Open | Open | Open | Open | 2 & 3 | Open |
IRQ12 | Open | Open | Open | Open | Open | Open | 2 & 3 |
Note: Pins designate should be in the closed position. | |||||||
PARALLEL PORT A INTERRUPT SELECTION | ||||||
IRQ | JP2/A | JP2/B | JP2/C | JP2/D | JP2/E | JP2/F |
IRQ5 | 1 & 2 | Open | Open | Open | Open | Open |
IRQ7 | Open | 1 & 2 | Open | Open | Open | Open |
IRQ9 | Open | Open | 1 & 2 | Open | Open | Open |
IRQ10 | Open | Open | Open | 1 & 2 | Open | Open |
IRQ11 | Open | Open | Open | Open | 1 & 2 | Open |
IRQ12 | Open | Open | Open | Open | Open | 1 & 2 |
Note: Pins designated should be in the closed position. | ||||||
PARALLEL PORT B INTERRUPT SELECTION | ||||||
IRQ | JP2/A | JP2/B | JP2/C | JP2/D | JP2/E | JP2/F |
IRQ5 | 2 & 3 | Open | Open | Open | Open | Open |
IRQ7 | Open | Open | Open | Open | Open | |
IRQ9 | Open | Open | 2 & 3 | Open | Open | Open |
IRQ10 | Open | Open | Open | 2 & 3 | Open | Open |
IRQ11 | Open | Open | Open | Open | 2 & 3 | Open |
IRQ12 | Open | Open | Open | Open | Open | 2 & 3 |
Note: Pins designated should be in the closed position. | ||||||
PARALLEL PORT A MODE SELECTION | ||
Setting | JP3/E | JP3/F |
SPP | Pins 1 & 2 closed | Pins 1 & 2 closed |
ECP | Pins 1 & 2 closed | Pins 2 & 3 closed |
EPP | Pins 2 & 3 closed | Pins 1 & 2 closed |
EXT2FDD | Pins 2 & 3 closed | Pins 2 & 3 closed |
PARALLEL PORT B MODE SELECTION | ||
Setting | JP3/G | JP3/H |
SPP | Pins 1 & 2 closed | Pins 2 & 3 closed |
ECP | Pins 1 & 2 closed | Pins 1 & 2 closed |
EPP | Pins 2 & 3 closed | Pins 1 & 2 closed |
EXT2FDD | Pins 2 & 3 closed | Pins 2 & 3 closed |