Tempo-X eSATA 8
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Driver (2)
IDDownload TitleDownload LinkPost Date
150 Tempo SATA Pro Family Driver (Windows) 4.2.0
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May-12-2010
384 Tempo SATA Pro Family Driver (OS X-Power Mac Only) 2.2.4
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May-27-2010
 
Firmware (0)
Manual (1)
IDDownload TitleDownload LinkPost Date
342 Tempo-X eSATA 8 8-Port Serial ATA PCI-X Host Adapter Card User's Guide
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May-08-19
 
FAQ (16)
IDArticle TitlePost Date
27 How can I distinguish between the earlier Tempo-X eSATA (4+4 and 8e) products supporting 3 Gigabit/sec speeds and the older cards that support 1.5 Gigabit/sec speeds?May-07-09
36 What are the benefits of supporting Spread Spectrum Clocking (SSC)?Mar-02-10
37 Is it possible to boot from a volume that resides on the Tempo SATA card?Mar-02-10
39 Can I hot-swap a disk drive that is attached to any Sonnet Tempo Serial ATA card?Mar-23-10
42 Can the Tempo SATA cards co-exist with other manufacturers' Serial ATA cards?Oct-27-09
44 How can I distinguish between the earlier Tempo-X eSATA products supporting 3 Gigabit speeds and the older cards that supported 1.5 Gb speeds?May-07-09
The new 3 Gigabit/second eSATA cards contain a rather large Marvell chip with the string "88SX6081" on it. Previous generation eSATA cards had a Marvell chip labeled "88SX5081". Additionally, you can check your Macintosh System Profile. When you select the installed eSATA card, the Device ID will show either "0x6081" or "0x5081".
 
63 Can I operate two Tempo SATA cards in the same system?Sep-02-09
67 What kind of performance can I expect from a using a Sonnet Tempo SATA Card in a PCI slot (like in a Power Mac G4)?Oct-12-09
68 Can I use the Tempo-X eSATA 8 card in slot 4 of a Power Mac G5?May-07-09
219 With a Tempo-X SATA host controller installed and drives connected, the computer locks up and will not respond to keyboard or mouse input, and must be forced to power off (press and hold the power button for more than 5 seconds) then restarted.May-07-09
This condition occurs when the System Preferences Energy Saver Put the hard disk(s) to sleep when possible checkbox is checked (on), or the Disk Sleep Timer is enabled; the Tempo-X SATA card using firmware version 1.2 does not support disk sleep.

To correct this issue, update the Tempo-X card's firmware to version 2.0 or later. Download and run the installer to add disk sleep support.
 
220 Multiple Hitachi hard drives connected to a Tempo-X SATA host controller are not always detected (won't mount).May-07-09
404 The Sonnet Tempo SATA card does not work with my Western Digital My Book Premium ES Edition, or Seagate Technology FreeAgent Pro.Mar-02-10
452 I upgraded my Tempo SATA software in a PowerMac G4 or G5 and the card is giving a lot of system errors.Oct-12-09
454 I have connected a large hardware RAID volume (for example, a 4TB Fusion D400QR5) to a Sonnet Pro SATA card in a Macintosh, and it is showing up as only 2TB. Why?Oct-14-09
459 The performance of my drive array is significantly less than I expect.Jun-14-11
544 How do I uninstall the Sonnet Pro SATA Driver?Dec-26-10