Sonnet Tango Quick Start Guide

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Quick Start Guide for the Tango FireWire/USB

Operating System Compatibility

At this printing, the Tango is compatible with Mac®OS 9.0 through OS X Version

10.2.2. For up-to-date Mac OS compatibility information, check our web site.

You Should Have

The following items should be included in your product package:

• One Tango FireWire/USB Combo Card

The following item may be required for installing Tango:

• Medium Phillips screwdriver

You may need the following items to connect peripherals to
the Tango:

• One or more FireWire (IEEE 1394) cables (sold separately)

• One or more USB cables (sold separately)

• One or more USB hubs (sold separately)

System Requirements

The Tango FireWire/USB combo card requires the following in order to operate
in your system:

• One available PCI slot

• Tango Firmware Patch—ONLY for installation of Tango in Power Macintosh
5500 or 6500, or in Twentieth Anniversary Macintosh. (Download the Tango
Firmware Patch from www.sonnettech.com/support/tango; install it before
installing FireWire and USB drivers.)

• Mac OS FireWire driver software*

• Mac OS USB driver software*

* Depending on your operating system, you may need to install these drivers; instructions follow.

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.

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Online support form available at http://supportform.sonnettech.com.

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Customer Service Phone: [phone] • E-mail: [e-mail]

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©2000 Sonnet Technologies,Inc . Revised 2002. All rights reserved. Sonnet, the Sonnet logotype, Simply Fast, the Simply Fast logotype, and Tango 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-FWUSB-E-121002

. Support Note: We recommend you make a backup of important infor-

mation on your system’s current hard drive(s) 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 by
their edges, and avoid touching connector traces and component pins.

TANGO

Macintosh® FireWire®/USB Combo Card

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Figure 1

Figure 2

expansion card cover

Figure 4

PCI slot

Tango card

Figure 3

port access cover

Hardware Installation Steps

This guide contains general instructions for installing the Tango FireWire/USB
combo card into most PCI-based computers. (For our example, we have used an
Apple Power Macintosh desktop model.) For more detailed installation instruc­tions, refer to your computer’s user guide.

1. Shut down your computer.

2. Disconnect all the cables connected to the computer except for the power

cord, then touch a port access cover on the back of your computer to dis­charge any static.

3. Disconnect the power cord from your computer.

4. Remove the case cover from the computer (Figure 1).

5. Access the expansion card area of the the computer (Figure 2).

6. Locate an available PCI slot inside your computer and remove its port access

cover, if present, from the rear of the computer. (Figure 3). If you removed a
screw, set it aside for later use.

7. Remove the Tango from its anti-static package, making sure to handle the
board by its edges.

8. Install the Tango into the PCI slot; make sure the card is firmly seated and
secured (Figure 4).

9. If you removed a screw earlier, secure the Tango with it. (Figure 5).

10. Close up the computer and carefully replace its case cover.

11. Reconnect all the cables to the computer.

Support Note: To avoid generating a static charge in your body, do not

walk around the room until after you finish installing the Tango card and

close the computer.

Figure 5

screw

Tango card