
PROMISE TECHNOLOGY, INC.

EIDE2300 PLUS (VER. 2)

Card Type               Hard drive controller card/Multi I/O card
I/O options             Serial ports (2), parallel port, game port
Hard Drives supported   Two EIDE drives, two IDE 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

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                                CONNECTIONS

        Function           Location          Function           Location

  9-pin serial port 1 -      CN1      34-pin cable connector       J3
  external                            - floppy drive

  25-pin parallel port -     CN2      16-pin game port             J4
  external

  40-pin primary              J1      10-pin serial port 2 -       J5
  EIDE(AT) connector                  internal

  40-pin secondary            J2      4-pin connector -           LED1
  IDE(AT) connector                   drive active LED

                        USER CONFIGURABLE SETTINGS

                Function                   Label          Position

     LBA disabled                          JP1       Pins 1 & 2 closed

      LBA enabled                           JP1       Pins 2 & 3 closed

     Factory configured - do not          JP7/C        Unidentified
      alter

     Factory configured - do not          JP7/D        Unidentified
      alter

     Game port enabled                    JP7/G      Pins 1 & 2 closed

      Game port disabled                   JP7/G      Pins 2 & 3 closed

     Parallel port ECP mode enabled        JP8       Pins 1 & 2 closed

      Parallel port ECP mode disabled       JP8       Pins 2 & 3 closed

     Factory configured - do not           JP9       Pins 1 & 2, 4 & 5
      alter                                                closed

                    IRQ SELECTION

           IRQ                        JP5

     EIDE 14, IDE 15        Pins 1 & 2, 3 & 4 closed

     EIDE 15, IDE 14        Pins 1 & 3, 2 & 4 closed

                          EIDE CHANNEL SELECTION

           Channel                    JP2/A                 JP2/B

            Primary            Pins 1 & 2 closed     Pins 1 & 2 closed

            Secondary           Pins 1 & 2 closed     Pins 2 & 3 closed

             Disabled           Pins 2 & 3 closed     Pins 2 & 3 closed

                          PI0 IDE SPEED SELECTION

          SPEED                    JP4/A                    JP4/B

            Mode 0           Pins 1 & 2 closed        Pins 1 & 2 closed

           Mode 2           Pins 2 & 3 closed        Pins 1 & 2 closed

            Mode 4           Pins 1 & 2 closed        Pins 2 & 3 closed

            Mode 6           Pins 2 & 3 closed        Pins 2 & 3 closed

                        ECP MODE ADDRESS SELECTION

           Mode                    JP10/A                  JP10/B

             DMA1            Pins 1 & 2 closed        Pins 1 & 2 closed

            DMA3            Pins 2 & 3 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

           COM2 (2F8h)         Pins 1 & 2 closed      Pins 2 & 3 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

           COM1 (3F8h)         Pins 1 & 2 closed      Pins 2 & 3 closed

          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

          DC00h           Pins 1 & 2       Pins 1 & 2       Pins 1 & 2
                            closed           closed            closed

           D8000h          Pins 2 & 3       Pins 1 & 2       Pins 1 & 2
                            closed           closed            closed

           D4000h          Pins 1 & 2       Pins 2 & 3       Pins 1 & 2
                            closed           closed            closed

           D0000h          Pins 2 & 3       Pins 2 & 3       Pins 1 & 2
                            closed           closed            closed

           CC000h          Pins 1 & 2       Pins 1 & 2       Pins 2 & 3
                            closed           closed            closed

           C8000h          Pins 2 & 3       Pins 1 & 2       Pins 2 & 3
                            closed           closed            closed

          Reserved         Pins 1 & 2       Pins 2 & 3       Pins 2 & 3
                            closed           closed            closed

          Disabled         Pins 2 & 3       Pins 2 & 3       Pins 2 & 3
                            closed           closed            closed

                     PARALLEL PORT INTERRUPT SELECTION

        IRQ              JP6/E              JP6/F             JP6/G

    IRQ5 (278h)        Pins 1 & 2         Pins 1 & 2        Pins 2 & 3
                         closed            closed             closed

    IRQ7 (278h)        Pins 1 & 2         Pins 1 & 2        Pins 1 & 2
                         closed            closed             closed

    IRQ5 (378h)        Pins 1 & 2         Pins 2 & 3        Pins 2 & 3
                         closed            closed             closed

    IRQ7 (378h)        Pins 1 & 2         Pins 2 & 3        Pins 1 & 2
                         closed            closed             closed

     Disabled          Pins 2 & 3         Pins 2 & 3           Open
                         closed            closed

                       PARALLEL PORT MODE SELECTION

          Setting                    JP7/A                  JP7/B

           ECP mode           Pins 1 & 2 closed      Pins 1 & 2 closed

            EPP mode           Pins 2 & 3 closed      Pins 1 & 2 closed

       Normal output only      Pins 2 & 3 closed      Pins 2 & 3 closed

                    FLOPPY CONTROLLER CHANNEL SELECTION

           Channel                    JP7/E                 JP7/F

            Primary            Pins 1 & 2 closed     Pins 1 & 2 closed

            Secondary           Pins 1 & 2 closed     Pins 2 & 3 closed

             Disabled           Pins 2 & 3 closed     Pins 2 & 3 closed

