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Quick Start Guide for Tempo SATA X4P

Windows Vista Driver Installation

This section describes the installation of drivers to support the 
Tempo SATA X4P in systems running Windows Vista. 

 

1.

 Turn on your computer and log in; during startup, an 

Installing Device Driver Software

 pop-up will appear, followed 

by a message stating that the device driver software was 

not

 

successfully installed. Close the message.

 

2.

 Click Start > Settings > Control Panel.

 

3.

 In the 

Control Panel

 window, double-click Device Manager. 

If you have not disabled User Account Control (UAC), a 

UAC 

window will appear; click Continue.

  4. When the 

Device Manager

 window appears, click the + sign 

next to IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers to expand the list. Right-
click “Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller” and 
select Update Driver Software.

 

5.

 When the 

Update Driver Software

 window appears, insert 

the Tempo SATA Host Controller Software CD into your 
computer’s optical drive, and then click “Browse my computer 
for driver software”.

  6.

 When the 

Browse for Folder

 window appears, click “Let me 

pick from a list of device drivers on my computer”.

 

7.

 When the next window appears, click Have Disk; a new 

window will appear. 

Substituting whatever drive letter is 

appropriate, 

type F:\DRIVERS\x32 (or F:\DRIVERS\x64 if 

you’re using 64-bit Windows Vista),

and then click OK.

 

8.

 Back in the 

Update Driver Software

 window, click Next; the 

software will be installed. (If a window appears stating that 
the Tempo software has not passed Windows Logo testing, 
click Continue Anyway.) 

 

9.

 When the next window appears, click Close; you may now 

format drives attached to the Tempo card. Skip to page 7 for 
drive formatting information.

 

 Support Note:

 The software on the included Installer CD 

may not be the latest version available. Before installing this 

product, check the version number of the software on the CD 
and what’s available at www.sonnettech.com/support/kb/kb.php. 
Download and install the newer version, if available.

 

 Support Note:

 After its driver software has been 

updated, Tempo SATA X4P will be listed as a Storage

 Controller in the 

Device Manager

 window under Windows Vista.

Windows XP Professional Driver Installation

This section describes the installation of drivers to support the 
Tempo SATA X4P 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 Start > Control Panel. When the 

Control Panel

 window 

appears, double-click the System icon. (If the System icon is 
not visible, click the Switch to Classic View link to make it 
appear.)

  3.

 When the 

System Properties

 window appears, click the 

Hardware tab, and then click Device Manager.

 

4.

 When the 

Device Manager

 window appears, click the + sign 

next to IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers to expand the list. Right-
click “Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller” and 
select Update Driver.

 

5.

 When the 

Hardware Update Wizard

 window appears, select 

“No, not this time”, and then click Next.

 

6.

 When the next window appears, click “Install from a list or 

specific location”, and then click next.

 

7.

 When the next window appears, click “Don’t search. I will 

choose the driver to install”, and then click Next.

 

8.

 When the next window appears, click Have Disk; a new 

window will appear. Insert the Tempo SATA Host Controller 
Software CD into your computer’s optical drive. 

Substituting 

whatever drive letter is appropriate, 

type F:\DRIVERS\x32 

(or F:\DRIVERS\x64 if you’re using 64-bit Windows XP),

and 

then click OK.

 

9.

 Back in the 

Hardware Update Wizard

 window, click Next; the 

software will be installed. (If a window appears stating that 
the Tempo software has not passed Windows Logo testing, 
click Continue Anyway.) 

 

10.

 When the next window appears, click Finish; you may now 

format drives attached to the Tempo card. Skip to page 7 for 
drive formatting information.

 

 Support Note:

 After its driver software has been 

updated, Tempo SATA X4P will be listed as a SCSI and

RAID Controller in the 

Device Manager

 window under Windows XP.

 

 Support Note:

 The software on the included Installer CD 

may not be the latest version available. Before installing this 

product, check the version number of the software on the CD 
and what’s available at www.sonnettech.com/support/kb/kb.php. 
Download and install the newer version, if available.

Summary of Contents for TEMPO SATA X4P

Page 1: ...n 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 2772 E mail support sonnettech com Sonnet Technologies Inc Irv...

Page 2: ...stallation 1 Figure 1 shows the Tempo card s eSATA ports depending on the drive enclosure s used you will need to use data cables with eSATA connectors on both ends or cables with an eSATA connector on one end and SATA I connector on the other end Note SATA I connectors are used on bare SATA hard drives 2 Figure 2 shows both eSATA and SATA I connectors Quick Start Guide for Tempo SATA X4P Figure 1...

Page 3: ... ATA ATAPI controllers to expand the list Right click Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller and select Update Driver Software 5 When the Update Driver Software window appears insert the Tempo SATA Host Controller Software CD into your computer s optical drive and then click Browse my computer for driver software 6 When the next window appears click Browse 7 When the Browse for Folder window app...

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 X4P 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: ... RAID Set and then type in the name for your RAID volume Figure 4 5 Click the Options button From the drop down menu select a RAID block size Figure 5 If you are working with video selecting the largest block size will help improve performance If you are working with many smaller files databases etc a smaller block size will work well Click OK 6 Click Create When the Creating RAID window appears c...

Page 6: ...ll drives attached 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 ...

Page 7: ...ear click Continue 3 In the Administrative Tools window double click 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 9 Repeat...

Page 8: ...r Mac G5 Users When drive enclosures with port multipliers are connected to Tempo SATA X4P you can identify individual drives within those enclosures in Disk Utility Figure 13 top In the Connection ID field Channel indicates the channel as well as the connector on the Tempo card while Port identifies the drive in the enclosure When drive enclosures without port multipliers are connected a simple d...

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