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8-PORT SERIAL ATA PCI-X HOST CONTROLLER

TEMPO

-X eSATA 

8

Quick Start Guide for Tempo-X eSATA 8

You Should Have

The following item should be included in your product package:

• One Tempo-X eSATA 8 card

The following item may be required for installation: 

 

• Medium Phillips screwdriver

The following items are required for installation: 
•  One or more external drive enclosures (sold  

separately)

•  One or more external Serial ATA (eSATA) data 

cables (sold separately)

System Requirements

The Tempo-X eSATA 8 requires the following in order to oper-

ate in your system:

• One available PCI-X or PCI slot
• Mac OS

®

 X Version 10.2.x or later, or Windows

®

 XP

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.–5 p.m. Pacific Time • Customer Service Phone: 1-949-472-2772 • E-mail: [email protected]
Sonnet Technologies, Inc., Irvine, California USA • Tel: 1-949-587-3500 Fax: 1-949-457-6350 

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 Support Notes:

 We recommend that you make a backup of important 

information on your system’s current hard drive prior to installing new 

hardware or software. 

When handling computer products, you must take care to prevent components 
from being damaged by static electricity. Before opening your computer or 
removing parts from their packages, always ground yourself first by touching 
a metal part of the computer, such as a port access cover, and work in an area 
free of static electricity; avoid carpeted areas. Handle all electronic components 
only by their edges, and avoid touching connector traces and component pins. 
Also, avoid touching the logic board and any of its components.

 

 WARNING FOR MAC USERS:

 This product is not compatible with the 

HighPoint RocketRAID product or the kernel extension installed by its 

supporting software. If you have the HighPoint product installed in your system, 

be sure to remove the HPTRAIDController.kext file before you install the 
Tempo-X eSATA 8 into your system

. Refer to the RocketRAID documentation 

for detailed instructions.

Summary of Contents for TEMPO-X eSATA 8

Page 1: ...ype Simply Fast the Simply Fast logotype and Tempo are trademarks of Sonnet Technologies Inc Macintosh and Mac are trademarks of Apple Computer Inc registered in the United States and other countries Other product names are trademarks of their respective owners Product specifications subject to change without notice Printed in the USA QS TSATAII X8 E A 080805 Support Notes We recommend that you ma...

Page 2: ...ted 6 Secure the Tempo X card firmly in place with the previously removed mounting screw if necessary and then close the computer be very careful not to pinch the cables 7 Connect the external Serial ATA data cable s between the Tempo X card and the drives or drive enclosures make sure all cables are connected securely to the Tempo X card and the drives or enclosures 8 If you are a Mac user skip t...

Page 3: ... Wizard window appears select No not this time and then click Next 8 When the next window appears select Install from a list or specific location Advanced and then click Next 9 When the next window appears select Don t search I will choose the driver to install and then click Next 10 When the next window appears requesting you to select the device driver select Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Control...

Page 4: ...ppear in the information window regardless of being for matted or not 3 Select the drive you want to format by single clicking the drive symbol or the name of the drive Figure 5 At the bottom of the window drive capacity and connection type are listed 4 Click on the Partition button Figure 5 Click on the drop down menu beneath Volume Scheme and select a number of partitions for the vol ume you may...

Page 5: ...the process under Versions 10 4 and 10 2 are similar If you choose to do so you may format your drives using SoftRAID 3 1 or later refer to that product s documentation for instructions 1 Turn on your computer During startup your computer may display a message s referring to unreadable volumes click Initialize to launch Disk Utility Figure 7 2 If it is not already open launch Disk Utility Figure 8...

Page 6: ...rom the drop down menus select the RAID scheme stripe and the vol ume format and then type in the name for your RAID volume Figure 9 6 When the Creating RAID window appears click the Create button all of the selected drives will be formatted and the RAID volume created Figure 10 Close Disk Utility your drives are now ready to use and your installation is complete Figure 9 Figure 10 Support Note Th...

Page 7: ... diagnose any issues Figure 11 2 When drives connected to the Tempo X card are powered and active the status LEDs on the card will light Figure 12 Green LED ON Drive is present and ready Amber LED ON Flashing Drive is reading writing data Figure 11 Figure 12 Channel 8 Channel 7 Channel 6 Channel 5 Channel 1 Channel 2 Channel 3 Channel 4 green LEDs green LEDs amber LEDs amber LEDs ...

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