Sonnet TEMPO SERIAL ATA Quick Start Manual

TEMPO™ SERIAL AT

A

2-Port Serial ATA Card

Quick Start Guide for Tempo Serial ATA

You Should Have

The following items should be included in your product package:

• One Tempo Serial ATA 2-Port Serial ATA Card

• One Serial ATA data cable

• One legacy to Serial ATA power cable adapter

• Four screws (for mounting hard drives)

The following items may be required for installation:

• Medium Phillips screwdriver

• Drive mounting brackets/carriers or drive mounting sleds (sold
separately)

• One additional Serial ATA data cable (sold separately)

• One or more legacy (4-pin) power cable Y-adapters (sold
separately)

• One additional legacy to Serial ATA (4-pin to 15-pin) power cable
adapter (sold separately)

• One or more Ultra ATA to Serial ATA adapters (only used to support
parallel ATA drives, sold separately)

System Requirements

The Tempo Serial ATA requires the following in order to operate in your

system:

• One available PCI slot

• One or more hard drives (depending on confi guration)

• One or more available hard drive bays (depending on confi guration)

• Mac OS

Support Notes: We recommend that you make a backup of important

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.

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8.6 through 9.2.x, Mac OS X Version 10.2.x or later

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

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Quick Start Guide for Tempo Serial ATA

Support Note: Technical knowledge may be required to gain access to

the drive 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.

Installation Preparation

Prior to installing the Tempo Serial ATA and hard drives into your system,
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. Figure 1 illustrates the Serial ATA data cable included with the Tempo

card; you should plug the straight connector into the Tempo card.

right angle

connector

Serial ATA data cable

straight connector

2. Remove the hard drive from its packaging.

3. Locate the connector block on your drive. Many Serial ATA drives are

equipped with both a legacy 4-Pin power connector and a Serial ATA
15-pin power connector (Figure 2). If your drive does not have a 4-pin
power connector, depending on your computer, you may need to use the
included 4-pin to 15-pin power adapter cable.

Hardware Installation Steps

Support Note:

Unlike parallel ATA drives, there are no jumpers to set, and each Serial ATA
cable supports only one drive.

This section covers the installation of the Tempo Serial ATA and one or two
hard drives into your system.

1. Shut down the computer.

2. Open your computer to access its expansion card area (PCI slots) and

drive bay(s); refer to your computer’s user manual for specifi c information.

3. Install the hard drives into expansion bays. (Depending on your comput-

er model, drive mounting brackets/carriers or drive mounting sleds may be
required to install your hard drives. Refer to your computer’s user manual.)

Serial ATA drives are designed for ease of installation.

Serial ATA power

connector

Serial ATA data

Figure 1

connector

Figure 2

legacy power

connector

4. Plug the supplied Serial ATA data cable’s right angle connector into your

drive; verify the connector is plugged in securely. (If you are connecting
two drives, you will need an additional Serial ATA data cable.)

5. Locate the power connector plugged into your computer’s existing hard

drive. You should fi nd at least one extra power connector near the existing
drive; if you have installed only one new drive, plug the extra power con­nector into it. Connect only one power connector to the drive. If you
have installed more than one new drive, or there are no additional power
connectors, you must use power cable Y-adapters (sold separately). Ver ify
the connectors are plugged in securely.

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