PT-627 Enhanced Vesa Super IDE I/O Card User Manual

PT-627 Enhanced Vesa Super IDE I/O Card

Product Information

Specifications

• Product Name: ENHANCED VESA SUPER IDE 1/0 CARD (2S,1P,1G)
• Model: PT-627
• Functions: ENHANCED VESA IDE and ISA floppy, FIFO UART serial, ENHANCED parallel port controller
• Supported Devices: Four IDE devices, two floppy disk drives, two serial ports, one parallel port, one game port
• Interface: VL-Bus
• Data Transfer Support: 32bit and 16bit

Product Usage Instructions

Introduction

• Overview
  The PT-627 is a powerful controller for VL-Bus computer systems that supports ENHANCED VESA IDE, ISA floppy, FIFO UART serial, and ENHANCED parallel port functionalities. It facilitates data transfer between standard or ENHANCED IDE drives and the VL-Bus. There are four versions of PT-627 available with different features.

• Checklist
  Before starting the installation process, ensure you have all the necessary components and tools ready.

Installation Guide

• Layout
  Refer to the layout diagram provided in the user manual to understand the placement of components and connectors on the PT-627 card.

• Jumper and Connection Settings
  Improper settings may cause data loss, so it is recommended to back up your hard disk before installation. Adjust jumpers for HDDLED and Speed Selection for HDD as per your system requirements.

Trouble Shooting Guide

1. No display after power on:
   • Ensure the card is inserted correctly in the slot.
   • Clean the gold fingers of the VL-Bus with freon or eraser if dirty.
2. Cannot boot up from HDD:
   • Check the connection of the HDD cable.
3. Malfunction of I/O ports:
   • Check the connection of cables.

FAQ

• Q: How to use four HDDs with PT-627?
  A: If the system BIOS supports 4 IDE devices, you can set up the HDDs from the system BIOS directly or use the method provided in Appendix A.

• Q: How to use HDD over 528MB?
  A: Refer to the instructions in Appendix A for guidance on using HDDs over 528MB with PT-627.

INTRODUCTION

Overview

PT-627 is a powerful ENHANCED VESA IDE and ISA floppy, FIFO UART serial and ENHANCED parallel port controller for VL-Bus computer system. It interfaces between standard or ENHANCED IDE drives and the VL-Bus to support 32bit and 16bit data transfer.

There are three versions ofPT-627 as below:

1. PT-627 A – Enhanced IDE + Standard I/0 function (UM8672 + UM82C863 + UM8667)
2. PT-627B – Enhanced IDE+ FIFO UART serial ports+ ECP, EPP or SPP (UM8672 + UM8663 + UM8667)
3. PT-627C – Enhanced IDE+ FIFO UART serial ports+ ECP,EPP or SPP + 2.88M FDD (UM8672 + UM8668 + UM8667)
4. PT-627D – Enhanced IDE+ FIFO UART serial port+ standard parallel port (UM8672 + UM8662 + UM8667)

PT-627 support four IDE devices, two floppy disk drives, two serial ports, one parallel port, one game port . All the I/0 ports, FDD drive and HDD controller adapter can be enabled or disabled by jumper or driver.

• Support maximum 4 ENHANCED IDE devices in primary and secondary IDE ports ie. HDD, CD-ROM, Tape drive … etc.
• Support maximum 2 floppy disk drives (360K/1.2M – 5.!5″; 720K/1.44M/2.88M – 3.5″)
• Support 2 ?FIFO UART serial ports COM1/COM3 ; COM2/COM4 IRQ for two serial ports can be jumper selected as IRQ 3, 4, 5, 9
• Support 1 printer port LPT1/LPT2 up to ECP, EPP or SPP standard
• Support 1 game port
• DRQ 2 and IRQ 9 protection
• Support .IDE BIOS for ENHANCED IDE under DOS
• Support hardware anti-virus protection
• Support GREEN feature for I/0 chip

Checklist

Please check your PT-627 package to ensure that it contains the following items :

• PT-627 VESA IDE I/0 Card
• PT-627 User’s manual,
• One 3 1/2″ Driver Diskette
• One dual floppy disk drive cable
• Two IDE hard disk cables
• One metal bracket with DB-15 Game cable & DB-25 Serial cable

If any of these items are missing or damaged, please contact your dealer or sales representative for assistance.

INSTALLATION GUIDE

Layout

Jumpers and Connector

Improper setting of PT-627 may cause data loss of your hard disk, users are requested to BACKUP their Hard Disk before installation.

HDDLED

Speed Selection for HDD

Note : T=CPUCLK, For 33MHz; T=33ns For 50MHz; T=20ns

Multi-IO & FDC Jumper Setting

Jumpers and Connectors
Improper setting of PT-627 may cause data loss of your hard disk, users are requested to BACKUP their Hard Disk before installation.

HDDLED

Speed Selection for HDD

Multi-IO & FDC Jumper Setting

Disable

JP9| LPT2 /LPTJ| LPT2| LPTJ
JPll| Printer Enable / Disable| Enable| Disable
JP12| COMI I 3 Enable / Disable| Enable| Disable
JPIJ| COMI I COM3 Select| JFS (COM!)| JES (COMJ)
JP14| COM2 I COM4 Select| 2FS (COM2)| 2ES (COM4)
JP15| COM2 I 4 Enable / Disable| Enable| Disable
JP16| ECP Enable / Disable| Enable| Disable
JP17| Factory Settinl!;| Short|
JP20| IRQJ / IRQ5 Select| IRQ5| IRQJ
JP21| IRQ4 I IRQ9 Select| IRQ9| IRQ4
JI| IOCHRDY select (For PT-627B only)| Short=Enable  Open=Disable
---|---|---
JP19| Green feature for VO chip (For PT-627B only)| Connect cable between Pin2 of this EIDE card and JP32 of PT-429G
JP22| Address select for ROM BIOS (U6)| The address range is CS00, D000 andDS00

Enhanced Printer Port

Connectors

Software Installation

DOS Driver Install
The INSTALL4.EXE utility can install DOS device driver automatically. If you want to install DOS device driver manually, please follow the steps below.

1. Copy the driver UM8672. SYS into the appropriate path.

2. Add the following statement to file CONFIG.SYS
   DEVICE=[ drive] [\path] UM8672. SYS [/D] Where D is Driven speed m(0-11) (0 is the lowest) (See Appendix A for Reference)

3. Save the CONFIG.SYS and reboot your system
   Remark : You don’t need to specify drive speed parameters usually, because the device driver is reconfigured for the optimal speed setting

Microsoft Windows 3.x Driver Install

The INSTALL4.EXE utility can install Windows device driver automatically. If you want to install device driver for your system manually, please follow the steps below. You are advised to make a copy of SYSTEM.IN! before Driver installation.

1. Copy the UM8672.386 and INT13.386 into the appropriate path.

2. Check if the following lines exist in the [386Enh] section of your Windows’s SYSTEM.IN! file [386 Enh]

3. 2BitDiskAccess=ON

4. lf32BitDiskAccess=OFF, please set 32BitDiskAccess=ON
   Remark : Some software cannot support this feature, please set the parameter to OFF.

5. Add the following command line in the [386Enh] section of the SYSTEM.IN! file. device=[drive:] [\path\] UM8672.386 device=[drive:] [\path\] INT13.386

6. Delete the “device=wdctrl” and “device=intl3” setting ifit exists.

7. Restart Windows or Rebooting the system.

PT-627 Software Switch Function En/Disable Hot-Key

Press

•   Key to quit setup
• Key to Set status & Quit
•   Key to Select item up
• Key to Select item down
• Key to Toggle status

The user should consider the system environment to change the setting

TroubleShooting Guide

No display after power on
The card have not inserted in the slot correctly .
If the gold fingers of the VL-Bus dirty, it may be influenced the conduction between gold fingers and slot. The solution is to clean the gold fingers by freon or eraser.

Cannot boot up from HDD
Check the connection ofHDD cable
Make sure the HD type is set correctly in BIOS setup

If the gold fingers of the VL-Bus dirty, it may be influenced the conduction between gold fingers and slot. The solution is to clean the gold fingers by freon or eraser.

Malfunction of 1/0 ports

Check the connection of cables
Check the jumper setting of the respected 1/0 port
Check the setting in the software switch( see section 3. 0c)

No display after power on
The card have not inserted in the slot correctly
If the gold fingers of the VL-Bus dirty, it may be influenced the conduction between gold fingers and slot. The solution is to clean the gold fingers by freon or eraser.

Cannot boot up from HDD

• Check the connection ofHDD cable
• Make sure the HD type is set correctly in BIOS setup
• If the gold fingers of the VL-Bus dirty, it may be influenced the conduction between gold fingers and slot. The solution is to clean the gold fingers by freon or eraser.

Malfunction of 1/0 ports

• Check the connection of cables
• Check the jumper setting of the respected I/0 port
• Check the setting in the software switch(see section 3.0c)

Appendix A

The PT-627’s driver will set the IDE CD-ROM as the last drive even you set it as drive Dor drive E. For example,

How to use four HDDs
If the system BIOS cannot support 4 IDE devices,

• Set the jumper of the two HDDs which are connected to the primary IDE port to Master and Slave respectively, don’t care the HDDs in secondary IDE port
• Install the PT-627 driver into the boot up drive
  Drive 0| Drive 1| Drive 2| Drive 3
  ---|---|---|---
  HDD| CD-ROM| HDD| HDD
  C:| F:| D:| E:
• Then the four HDDs can be detected by the driver automatically

If the system BIOS support 4 IDE devices,
Use the above method or setup the HDDs from system BIOS directly

How to use HDD over 528MB

• Enable the LBA feature in system BIOS
• Install the PT-627 driver into the boot up drive

Remark:

• The PT-627’s driver will set the IDE CD-ROM as the last drive even you set it as drive Dor drive E. For example, Primarv
• Some software cannot support 32bitDiskAccess under Windows environment, you need to set the parameter of32bitDiskAccess=OFF(see section 3.0b)

Hard disk speed table

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