ACER, INC.
L50
Data bus: | 32-bit VL-bus |
Size: | Three-quarter length, full-height card |
Hard drive supported: | Four IDE(AT) drives |
Floppy drives supported: | Two 360KB, 720KB, 1.2MB, 1.44MB, or 2.88MB drives |

CONNECTIONS | |
Function | Location |
40-pin primary IDE(AT) connector | CN1 |
40-pin secondary IDE(AT) connector | CN2 |
34-pin cable connector - floppy drive | CN3 |
10-pin serial port 1 | CN4 |
10-pin serial port 2 | CN5 |
16-pin game port | CN6 |
15-pin video port | CN7 |
25-pin parallel port | CN8 |
VESA feature connector | CN9 |
4-pin connector - drive active LED | JP28 |
VGA CONFIGURATION | |||
Mode | JP4 | JP5 | |
| » | Enabled | pins 1 & 2 closed | pins 1 & 2 closed |
| Disabled | pins 2 & 3 closed | pins 2 & 3 closed | |
USER CONFIGURABLE SETTINGS | |||
Function | Location | Setting | |
| » | IRQ9 disabled | JP3/pins 1 & 2 | closed |
| IRQ9 enabled | JP3/pins 2 & 3 | closed | |
| » | Primary IDE(AT) interface enabled | JP6/pins 1 & 2 | closed |
| Primary IDE(AT) interface disabled | JP6/pins 2 & 3 | closed | |
| » | Floppy drive interface enabled | JP11/pins 1 & 2 | closed |
| Floppy drive interface disabled | JP11/pins 2 & 3 | closed | |
| » | Ignores cable select configuration for floppy drives | JP12/pins 1 & 2 | closed |
| Checks for cable select configuration | JP12/pins 2 & 3 | closed | |
| » | Game port enabled | JP13/pins 1 & 2 | closed |
| Game port disabled | JP13/pins 2 & 3 | closed | |
| » | Parallel port IRQ 7 select | JP18/pins 1 & 2 | closed |
| Parallel port IRQ 5 select | JP18/pins 2 & 3 | closed | |
PARALLEL PORT ADDRESS SELECTION | |||
LPT | JP14 | JP15 | |
| » | LPT1 (378h) | pins 1 & 2 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 2 & 3 closed | pins 1 & 2 closed | |
SERIAL PORT 1 ADDRESS SELECTION | |||
COM | JP21 | JP22 | |
| » | 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 | |||
COM | JP23 | JP24 | |
| » | COM2 (2F8h) | pins 1 & 2 closed | pins 1 & 2 closed |
COM1 (3F8h) | pins 1 & 2 closed | pins 2 & 3 closed | |
COM4 (2E8h) | pins 2 & 3 closed | pins 1 & 2 closed | |
Disabled | pins 2 & 3 closed | pins 2 & 3 closed | |
SERIAL PORT 1 INTERRUPT SELECTION | ||||
IRQ | JP25/Pins 1 & 2 | JP26/Pins 1 & 2 | JP27/Pins 1 & 2 | |
| » | IRQ4 | closed | open | open |
IRQ3 | open | closed | open | |
IRQ5 | open | open | closed | |
SERIAL PORT 2 INTERRUPT SELECTION | ||||
IRQ | JP25/Pins 2 & 3 | JP26/Pins 2 & 3 | JP27/Pins 2 & 3 | |
| » | IRQ3 | open | closed | open |
IRQ4 | closed | open | open | |
IRQ5 | open | open | closed | |
PARALLEL PORT MODE CONFIGURATION | |||
Mode | JP16 | JP17 | |
| » | SPP | pins 1 & 2 closed | pins 1 & 2 closed |
| EPP | pins 1 & 2 closed | pins 2 & 3 closed | |
| ECP | pins 2 & 3 closed | pins 1 & 2 closed | |
DMA SELECTION FOR ECP MODE | |||
Channel | JP19 | JP20 | |
| » | DMA 3 | pins 1 & 2 closed | pins 1 & 2 closed |
| DMA 1 | pins 2 & 3 closed | pins 2 & 3 closed | |
MEMORY ADDRESSING | |||
Linear Address | JP1 | JP2 | |
| » | 64MB | pins 1 & 2 closed | pins 1 & 2 closed |
2GB | pins 2 & 3 closed | pins 2 & 3 closed | |
SECONDARY IDE ADDRESS SELECTION | |||
Address | JP7 | JP8 | |
| » | Secondary | pins 1 & 2 closed | pins 1 & 2 closed |
| Primary | pins 1 & 2 closed | pins 2 & 3 closed | |
| Disabled | pins 2 & 3 closed | pins 2 & 3 closed | |
SECONDARY IDE INTERRUPT SELECTION | |||
IRQ | JP9 | JP10 | |
| » | 15 | pins 1 & 2 closed | pins 1, 2 & 3 open |
| 10 | pins 1, 2 & 3 open | pins 1 & 2 closed | |
| 12 | pins 1, 2 & 3 open | pins 2 & 3 closed | |
| 14 | pins 2 & 3 closed | pins 1, 2 & 3 open | |
DRAM CONFIGURATION | ||
Size | Bank 0 | Bank 1 |
1MB | (8) 256K x 4 | None |
2MB | (8) 256K x 4 | (2) 256K x 16 |