Tango 3.0 PCIe
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Driver (3)
IDDownload TitleDownload LinkPost Date
142 FireWire 800 (1394b) Driver Windows 6.00Jul-22-2013
Operating System Requirements: Windows XP (32-bit), Windows XP (64-bit), Windows Vista (32-bit), Windows Vista (64-bit), Windows 7 (32-bit), Windows 7 (64-bit), Windows 8, Windows 8 (64-bit), Windows 10, Windows 10 (64-bit)
Description: Windows 7, 8 and 10 support installation of inbox drivers and do not need this driver. This software enables FireWire 800 (1394b) transfer speeds for Windows XP and Vista. Although many FireWire 800 devices will work with this driver, only hard drives and webcams are officially supported.
 
774 Tango 3.0 PCIe USB 3.0 Drivers (Windows)
1118 Windows 7 Driver 3.8.35514.0Apr-17-2020
 
Firmware (0)
No Firmware was found for product.
 
Manual (1)
FAQ (4)
IDArticle TitlePost Date
756 Do the Sonnet USB 2.0 or USB 3 cards support the Apple SuperDrive?Apr-02-22
759 My bus-powered USB 3 drive or SSD will not reliably mount or transfer data.Dec-14-19
High power bus-powered drives are supported by the current and recent line of Sonnet USB 3 cards, plus the Tango 3.0 PCIe (FW8USB3A-E) cards, but not the discontinued USB 3.0 PCIe cards (USB3-E or USB3M-E), the initial version of the Tango 3.0 PCIe card (FWUSB3-E), or any USB 2.0 cards.

If you are still having trouble, this may be a problem due to a voltage drop in the USB cable. Use the following guide to select the correct cable for your application.

In general, these cables should work with SSDs or optical drives drawing up to 2A of current:

Type........Power-Carrying Wires....Cable Outside Diameter....Maximum Cable Length
USB 2.0..........28 AWG...............................3.8mm...........................0.15m (0.5 ft)
USB 2.0..........24 AWG...............................4.7mm...........................0.3m ( 1 ft)
USB 2.0..........22 AWG...............................5.0mm..............................1m ( 3 ft)
USB 3.0..........20 AWG...............................6.0mm..............................1m ( 3 ft)

Generally, the gauge of the power-carrying wires can be inferred from the cable outside diameter.
 
817 Storage connected to a USB 3 PCIe card (or Tango combo card) gives an macOS error message upon wake from sleep.May-12-20
997 I have installed my FireWire card in a Windows computer, but it is not working. What do I do?Feb-10-18