Tempo-X SATA 4+4
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341 Tempo-X eSATA 4+4 8-Port Serial ATA PCI-X Host Adapter Card User's GuideMay-08-19
343 Tempo-X SATA 4+4 8-Port Serial ATA PCI-X Host Adapter Card User's GuideMay-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
Yes, but it depends on the computer's operating system (Mac OS or Windows). Sonnet Tempo SATA PCIe, PCI-X, PCI, and ExpressCard/34 cards support drive hot swapping only when used in Mac computers running Mac OS. SATA drive hot swapping is not supported in a desktop or server PC running Windows XP, Server 2003, or Vista. A SATA drive appears to Windows as a fixed hard drive and there is no mechanism in Windows to prepare the drive for removal except in notebook computers.

Tempo SATA and SATA Pro ExpressCard/34 cards support drive hot swapping in both Mac and Windows notebook computers.
 
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
174 Drive(s) connected to the Tempo-X SATA 4+4 occasionally do not appear when the computer is booted or an error message regarding the RAID array connected to the Tempo-X SATA 4+4 is occasionally displayed at boot up, and the RAID array cannot be used.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
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
Under Mac OS X 10.3 and 10.4, a volume greater than 2TB will show as a 2TB volume due to a limitation in Apple's ATA layer (just above the driver). Sonnet plans to provide a 10.4 fix in the next driver release. Under Mac OS X 10.5 and 10.6, the full capacity of the RAID volume is available.
 
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