Once in the partition table Page, if the drive is still not visible, Remove teh OS CD and insert the Drivers adn resources DVD sent from Dell. Click on Load Drivers- this will take about few seconds and detect the Intel Controller Driver. Select and Click Next. DC4000 Hard Disk/Floppy Controller Settings and Configuration. PROMISE TECHNOLOGY, INC. HARD DRIVE SPEED.
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DC420
Data bus: | 32-bit, VL-bus |
Size: | Three/quarter-length, full-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 |
25-pin parallel port - external | CN1 |
9-pin serial port 1 - external | CN2 |
10-pin serial port 2 - internal | CN3 |
34-pin control cable connector - floppy drive | J1 |
40-pin IDE (AT) Interface connector | J3 |
4-pin connector - drive active LED | JP3 |
USER CONFIGURABLE SETTINGS | |||
Function | Location | Setting | |
| » | Main board supports VL-bus ID3 (speed < 50MHz) | JP1 | pins 1 & 2 closed |
Main board does not support VL-bus ID3 (speed > 50MHz) | JP1 | pins 2 & 3 closed | |
| » | Factory configured - do not alter | JP2 | pins 1 & 2 closed |
| » | Floppy drive enabled | JP4/G | pins 1 & 2 closed |
Floppy drive disabled | JP4/G | pins 2 & 3 closed | |
SERIAL PORT 1 (CN2) CONFIGURATION | |||
COM/Address/IRQ | JP4/A | JP4/B | |
| » | COM1/3F8h/IRQ4 | pins 1 & 2 closed | pins 2 & 3 closed |
COM3/3E8h/IRQ4 | pins 2 & 3 closed | pins 1 & 2 closed | |
Disabled | pins 2 & 3 closed | pins 2 & 3 closed | |
SERIAL PORT 2 (CN3) CONFIGURATION | |||
COM/Address/IRQ | JP4/C | JP4/D | |
| » | COM2/2F8h/IRQ3 | pins 1 & 2 closed | pins 2 & 3 closed |
COM4/2E8h/IRQ3 | pins 2 & 3 closed | pins 1 & 2 closed | |
Disabled | pins 2 & 3 closed | pins 2 & 3 closed | |
PARALLEL PORT (CN1) CONFIGURATION | ||||
Address/IRQ | JP4/E | JP4/F | JP4/H | |
| » | 378h/IRQ7 | pin 1 & 2 closed | pins 2 & 3 closed | pins 2 & 3 closed |
3BCh/IRQ7 | pins 1 & 2 closed | pins 1 & 2 closed | pins 2 & 3 closed | |
278h/IRQ5 | pins 2 & 3 closed | pins 1 & 2 closed | pins 1 & 2 closed | |
Disabled | pins 2 & 3 closed | pins 2 & 3 closed | all pins open | |
PARALLEL PORT BI-DIRECTIONAL FUNCTION | |
Setting | JP5 |
Bi-directional | open |
Uni-directional | closed |
MEMORY CONFIGURATION | |||
Size | Bank 0 | Bank 1 | |
| » | 512KB | (1) 512K x 8 | None |
1MB | (1) 512K x 8 | (4) 256K x 4 | |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |