Sonnet Technologies SATA Pro ExpressCard-34 User Manual

TEMPO™ SATA PRO EXPRESSCARD

eSATA Host Controller for ExpressCard Slot

User’s Guide for Tempo SATA Pro ExpressCard/34

You Should Have

The following items should be included in your product package:

• One Tempo SATA Pro ExpressCard/34 adapter

• One software and documentation CD

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.

The following items are required (sold separately):

• One or two Serial ATA drive enclosures (with drives)

• One or two external Serial ATA (eSATA) data cables

System Requirements

Tempo SATA Pro ExpressCard/34 requires the following in order
to operate in your system:

• ExpressCard/34 or ExpressCard/54 slot

• Mac OS

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X Version 10.4 or later, or Windows® 7, Windows Vista®,

or Windows XP with SP2 installed*

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WARNING: Before using the Tempo SATA Pro

ExpressCard/34 card with your computer, you MUST
run the driver installation software. Otherwise, the card will

not work in your system.

* Creating RAID volumes under Windows requires dynamic disk stor-

age, a formatting option available with Windows 7 Professional,
Enterprise or Ultimate (32- and 64-bit versions), Windows Vista
Enterprise or Ultimate (32- and 64-bit versions), or Windows XP
Professional (32- and 64-bit versions).
In order to create RAID volumes larger than 2TB, you must do one
of the following: Span (link together in a virtual chain) the volumes,
and then format them as NTFS. -OR- Use GPT formatting. Note that
drives and volumes with GPT formatting are not visible to any version
of Windows XP Professional, nor to the 32-bit version of Windows
Server 2003 SP1.

Remember to register your product online at http://registration.sonnettech.com to be informed of future upgrades and product releases.
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User’s Guide for Tempo SATA Pro ExpressCard/34

Installation Preparation

Prior to connecting any drive enclosures and inserting the Tempo SATA
Pro ExpressCard/34 into your computer, familiarize yourself with the
parts. We also recommend that you read the section in your computer’s
user manual that addresses ExpressCard use.

1. Figure 1 shows the Tempo card’s drive activity LEDs and eSATA
ports. Data cables with eSATA connectors are required for use with
the Tempo card and most drive enclosures. Bare SATA drives and
some older drive enclosures use SATA I connectors; use of these
devices with the Tempo card requires the use of cables with a SATA I
connector on one end.

2. Figure 2 shows both eSATA and SATA I connectors.

Software Installation Steps for Mac OS X Users

Windows users—please skip to page 3. Mac OS X users—before using
the Tempo SATA Pro ExpressCard/34 card with your computer, you
must run the driver installation software.

drive activity LED

eSATA ports

drive activity LED

Figure 1

eSATA connector

eSATA connector

1. Insert the included CD into the computer’s optical drive.

2. Double-click the Sonnet Tempo SATA Installer icon, and then

double-click the Tempo SATA Pro Installer x.x.x.pkg file to launch
the installer; when the Welcome to the Tempo SATA Pro for Mac Pro
and MacBook Pro Installer window appears, click Continue.

3. When the Important Information window appears, click Continue.

4. When the Software License Agreement window appears, read the
license, click Continue, and then click Agree.

5. When the Select a Destination window appears, accept the default
destination or choose a new destination, and then click Continue.

6. When asked for a password, enter your password, and then click OK.

7. While the driver is installed, a progress bar appears. When the
Installation Completed Successfully screen appears, click Restart; you
may format drives attached to the Tempo card after your system
finishes restarting. Skip to page 4 for detailed information.

SATA I connector

SATA I connector

Figure 2

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User’s Guide for Tempo SATA Pro ExpressCard/34

Software Installation Steps for Windows 7 Users

1. Insert the Tempo card into your computer’s ExpressCard slot
and then turn on your computer and log in; during startup,
a Installing Device Driver Software pop-up will appear, followed
by a message that the device driver software was successfully
installed. Close the message.

2. Click Start > 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 + next
to storage controllers to expand the list. Right-click “Sonnet
Tempo Gen 2 PCI Express Adapter” 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 appears, click
“Computer” to expand the list, then click the icon for the
optical drive containing the software CD, and then click OK.

Software Installation Steps for Windows Vista Users

1. Insert the Tempo card into your computer’s ExpressCard slot
and then turn on the computer; during startup, a Installing
Device Driver Software pop-up will appear, followed by a
message that the device driver software was not successfully
installed. Close the message.

2. Click Start > 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 on the +
next to IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers to expand the list. Right­click “Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller” and
select Update Driver Software.

5. When the Update Driver Software window appears, insert the
Tempo SATA Host Adapter Software CD into your computer’s
optical drive, and then click “Browse my computer for driver
software”.

6. When the next window appears, click “Let me pick from a
list of device drivers on my computer”, and then click Next.

7. When the next window appears, select the Sonnet card and
then click Have Disk; a new window will appear.

8. Back in the Browse for driver software window, click Next; the
driver software will be installed.

9. When the Windows has successfully updated your driver
software window appears, click close; you may now format
drives attached to the Tempo card. Skip to page 7 for drive
formatting information.

8. In the Locate File window, select the software CD from the
“Look in” drop-down menu, then click the Windows folder,
click the x32 folder (or x64 if you are using a 64-bit version
of Windows), and then double-click the MVSATA file.

9. Back in the Install From Disk window, click OK.

10. Back in the Select the device driver window, click Next; the
driver software will be installed. (If a window appears stating
that the Tempo software has not passed Windows Logo
testing, click Continue Anyway.)

11. When the Windows has successfully updated your driver
software window appears, click close; 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 Pro ExpressCard/34 will be listed as a Storage

Controller in the Device Manager window under Windows Vista.

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