KOUWELL ELECTRONIC CORPORATION
KW-557A
| Card Type | Hard drive controller card | 
| Hard Drives supported | Two IDE (AT) 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 | J1 | 10-pin serial port 2 - internal | J5 | 
| 40-pin primary IDE(AT) connector | J2 | 25-pin parallel port - external | J6 | 
| 16-pin game port | J3 | 2-pin connector - drive active LED | LED1 | 
| 10-pin serial port 1 - internal | J4 | ||
| USER CONFIGURABLE SETTINGS | |||
| Function | Label | Position | |
| » | IDE(AT) interface enabled | JP1/A | Pins 1 & 2 closed | 
| IDE(AT) interface disabled | JP1/A | Pins 2 & 3 closed | |
| » | Factory configured - do not alter | JP1/B | Reserved | 
| » | Floppy drive interface enabled | JP1/C | Pins 1 & 2 closed | 
| Floppy drive interface disabled | JP1/C | Pins 2 & 3 closed | |
| » | Floppy drive order is normal (A:, B:) | JP1/D | Pins 1 & 2 closed | 
| Floppy drive order is reversed (B:, A:) | JP1/D | Pins 2 & 3 closed | |
| » | Floppy drive primary | JP1/E | Pins 1 & 2 closed | 
| Floppy drive secondary | JP1/E | Pins 2 & 3 closed | |
| » | Game port enabled | JP4 | Closed | 
| Game port disabled | JP4 | Open | |
| DACK SELECTION | |||
| DACK | W1/F | W1/G | W1/H | 
| 1 (printer) | Pins 1 & 2 closed | Open | Open | 
| 3 (printer) | Open | Pins 1 & 2 closed | Open | 
| 3 (FDC) | Open | Pins 2 & 3 closed | Open | 
| 2 (FDC) | Open | Open | Pins 2 & 3 closed | 
| DMA CHANNEL SELECTION | |||
| Channel | JP2/G | JP2/H | JP2/I | 
| 1 (printer) | Pins 1 & 2 closed | Open | Open | 
| 3 (printer) | Open | Pins 1 & 2 closed | Open | 
| 3 (FDC) | Open | Pins 2 & 3 closed | Open | 
| 2 (FDC) | Open | Open | Pins 2 & 3 closed | 
| PARALLEL PORT ADDRESS SELECTION | ||
| Setting | JP2/E | JP2/F | 
| 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 | 
| SERIAL PORT 1 ADDRESS SELECTION | ||
| Setting | JP2/A | JP2/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 | JP2/C | JP2/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 | JP3/A | JP3/B | JP3/C | JP3/D | JP3/E | JP3/F | JP3/G | JP3/H | JP3/I | 
| IRQ3 | 1 & 2 | Open | Open | Open | Open | Open | Open | Open | Open | 
| IRQ4 | Open | 1 & 2 | Open | Open | Open | Open | Open | Open | Open | 
| IRQ5 | Open | Open | 1 & 2 | Open | Open | Open | Open | Open | Open | 
| IRQ7 | Open | Open | Open | 1 & 2 | Open | Open | Open | Open | Open | 
| IRQ9 | Open | Open | Open | Open | 1 & 2 | Open | Open | Open | Open | 
| IRQ10 | Open | Open | Open | Open | Open | 1 & 2 | Open | Open | Open | 
| IRQ11 | Open | Open | Open | Open | Open | Open | 1 & 2 | Open | Open | 
| IRQ12 | Open | Open | Open | Open | Open | Open | Open | 1 & 2 | Open | 
| IRQ15 | Open | Open | Open | Open | Open | Open | Open | Open | 1 & 2 | 
| Note: Pins designated should be in the closed position. | |||||||||
| SERIAL PORT 2 INTERRUPT SELECTION | |||||||||
| IRQ | JP3/A | JP3/B | JP3/C | JP3/D | JP3/E | JP3/F | JP3/G | JP3/H | JP3/I | 
| IRQ3 | 2 & 3 | Open | Open | Open | Open | Open | Open | Open | Open | 
| IRQ4 | Open | 2 & 3 | Open | Open | Open | Open | Open | Open | Open | 
| IRQ5 | Open | Open | 2 & 3 | Open | Open | Open | Open | Open | Open | 
| IRQ7 | Open | Open | Open | 2 & 3 | Open | Open | Open | Open | Open | 
| IRQ9 | Open | Open | Open | Open | 2 & 3 | Open | Open | Open | Open | 
| IRQ10 | Open | Open | Open | Open | Open | 2 & 3 | Open | Open | Open | 
| IRQ11 | Open | Open | Open | Open | Open | Open | 2 & 3 | Open | Open | 
| IRQ12 | Open | Open | Open | Open | Open | Open | Open | 2 & 3 | Open | 
| IRQ15 | Open | Open | Open | Open | Open | Open | Open | Open | 2 & 3 | 
| Note: Pins designated should be in the closed position. | |||||||||
| PARALLEL PORT INTERRUPT SELECTION | ||
| IRQ | JP3/J | JP3/K | 
| IRQ5 | Pins 2 & 3 closed | Open | 
| IRQ7 | Pins 1 & 2 closed | Open | 
| IRQ12 | Open | Pins 1 & 2 closed | 
| IRQ15 | Open | Pins 2 & 3 closed | 
| PARALLEL PORT MODE SELECTION | ||
| Setting | JP3/L | JP3/M | 
| Standard | 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 |