Sonnet TEMPO SATA E4i Quick Start Manual Download Page 2

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Quick Start Guide for Tempo SATA E4i

Installation Preparation

Prior to installing the Tempo SATA E4i into your system and connecting 
any hard drives, you should familiarize yourself with the parts to be 
installed. We also strongly recommend that you read the sections in 
your computer’s user manual that address hard drive and PCI card 
installation.

 

1.

 The Tempo SATA E4i card uses internal Serial ATA (SATA) data cable 

connectors. Internal connectors have an L-shaped “key” in the 
center 

(Figure 1)

 

2.

 

Figure 2 

illustrates the internal Serial ATA data cable included with 

the Tempo card; 

plug the straight connector into the Tempo card

.

 

 

3.

 Locate the connector block on your drive. Some Serial ATA drives 

are equipped with both a legacy 4-pin power connector and a 
Serial ATA 15-pin power connector 

(Figure 3)

. Depending on your 

computer, you may need to use 4-pin to 15-pin power adapter 
cables.

  

 Support Note:

 Technical knowledge may be required to gain 

access to the computer’s expansion bays in certain computers.

We recommend you first consult your computer’s user manual. If you 
feel you are unable to install the computer hardware, contact a qualified 
technician.

Figure 1

Figure 2

Figure 3

Serial ATA power 

connector

Serial ATA data 

connector

legacy power 

connector

SATA connector

Serial ATA data cable

right angle 

connector

straight connector

Summary of Contents for TEMPO SATA E4i

Page 1: ...Remember to register your product online at http registration sonnettech com to be informed of future upgrades and product releases Software updates and links are available from the Sonnet web site at www sonnettech com Online support form available at http supportform sonnettech com Sonnet Technologies Customer Service hours are Mon Fri 7 a m 4 p m Pacific Time Customer Service Phone 1 949 472 27...

Page 2: ...the Tempo card plug the straight connector into the Tempo card 3 Locate the connector block on your drive Some Serial ATA drives are equipped with both a legacy 4 pin power connector and a Serial ATA 15 pin power connector Figure 3 Depending on your computer you may need to use 4 pin to 15 pin power adapter cables Support Note Technical knowledge may be required to gain access to the computer s ex...

Page 3: ...e a Power Mac G5 user your card installation is complete skip to page 5 for drive formatting instructions If you are a Windows user go to the next panel for driver installation instructions Support Note for Mac Users Power Mac G5 users should install the Tempo card either into slot 2 or 4 Windows 7 Driver Installation This section describes the installation of drivers to support the Tempo SATA E4i...

Page 4: ...e Manager window under Windows Vista Windows XP Professional Driver Installation This section describes the installation of drivers to support the Tempo SATA E4i in systems running Windows XP Professional 1 Turn on your computer during startup two New Hardware Found pop ups may briefly appear with IDE Controller and Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller listed as the new hardware types 2 Click ...

Page 5: ... will use to create your striped RAID set and then drag them into the disk field Figure 5 Be careful NOT to accidentally drag in a drive you don t want included in the RAID 4 From the drop down menus select the volume format and the RAID scheme Striped RAID Set and then type in the name for your RAID volume Figure 5 5 Click the Options button From the drop down menu select a RAID block size Figure...

Page 6: ...ched to the Tempo card may be identified in the information window by their custom icon with the Sonnet S logo 3 Select one of the drives you want to format by clicking the drive symbol or the name of the drive a set of tabs will appear in the right pane Click the Partition tab and then click on the drop down menu beneath Volume Scheme to select a number of partitions for the volume you may option...

Page 7: ...lick Computer Management 4 In the Computer Management window click Disk Management under Storage to launch the Disk Management application 5 If an Initialize Disk window appears or if disks are described as not initialized select a partition style for the attached drive s and then click OK the drive will be initialized Figure 10 Repeat as necessary with other drives attached to the Tempo card 6 Ri...

Page 8: ...empo SATA E4i About Tempo SATA E4i s Ports 1 Each SATA connector on the Tempo card is assigned a channel number that may be helpful if you need to diagnose any issues Figure 12 Figure 12 channel 1 channel 0 channel 3 channel 2 ...

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