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Driver (6)

Firmware (2)

Manual (4)

ID		Download Title	Download Link	Post Date
497		Qio Mac User's Guide [English]	Download Now	May-08-19
	Description: Mac user's guide for the Sonnet Qio Professional Universal Media Reader/Writer Plus Four eSATA Ports. This manual applies to QIO-E34 (Qio with the PCIe Bus Extender ExpressCard/34 adapter) and QIO-PCIE (Qio with the Bus Extender PCIe adapter card).

498		Qio Mac User's Guide [Japanese]	Download Now	May-08-19
844		Qio, Qio CF4, Qio E3 Thunderbolt Interface Kit User's Guide [English]	Download Now	May-08-19
845		Qio, Qio CF4, Qio E3 Thunderbolt Interface Kit User's Guide [Japanese]	Download Now	May-08-19

FAQ (31)

ID		Article Title	Post Date
491		Are Sonnet Tempo SATA cards compatible with the Drobo S?	Feb-02-11
	Sonnet has tested the following cards with the Drobo S: Tempo SATA E2P..............................compatible Tempo SATA E4P..............................not compatible Tempo SATA ExpressCard/34...........compatible Tempo SATA Edge ExpressCard/34...compatible Tempo SATA Pro ExpressCard/34.....not compatible Tempo SATA X4P..............................not compatible Qio eSATA ports...............................not compatible

495		My P2 card is unexpectedly unmounting from my Qio after I wake a Mac Pro or MacBook Pro from sleep.	Aug-01-13
499		I get a blue screen on my Mac Pro/MacBook Pro instead of booting when I connect Qio	Mar-24-10
501		Are all C600X CF Cards more or less equal performance in a Qio?	Mar-22-10
503		Can I power the Qio from a FireWire port on a MacBook Pro?	Mar-23-10
509		Is the Qio driver compatible with a 64-bit kernel boot of OS X 10.6 or 10.7?	Aug-01-13
510		Can I use the AJA IO Express with the Sonnet Qio in a MacBook Pro?	Mar-23-10
512		My Qio was working fine with my ExpressCard/34 bus interface card, but the Qio does not work with my PCIe Express bus interface card in an early 2009 MacPro.	Mar-31-10
514		My unibody MacBook Pro will spontaneously restart after shutdown with Qio attached.	Mar-31-10
	Check the bottom of the Qio for the serial number. This can occur on some Qio units with a serial number begins with A, B, or C. Contact Sonnet support for more information.

516		What kind of battery can I use with the Qio?	Apr-08-10
527		Why does my Maci take so long to boot when the Qio is attached?	Jul-31-13
528		Why can't a Mac Pro acknowledge the Qio if it is plugged in after the Mac is booted?	Sep-13-13
536		With a Qio connected, my Mac Pro kernel panics when I shut down after using Avid Media Composer.	Jul-31-13
547		I'm getting a OS X kernel panic when I remove an SxS card from the Qio connected to a tower Mac Pro that also has a video capture card installed.	Oct-31-14
563		I'm getting a long blue screen when I boot a Mac with Qio installed.	Sep-13-13
566		I upgraded to 10.6.8 and my system no longer boots.	Sep-26-11
576		What version of OS X do I need to use Qio with MacBook Pro?	Aug-20-14
581		Is Qio Compatible with 17" Thunderbolt MacBook Pro?	Sep-13-13
632		Is Qio compatible with Echo ExpressCard/34 Thunderbolt Adapter?	Jul-31-13
633		Is Qio compatible with the Matrox T/ADP Thunderbolt Port Adapter?	Feb-28-12
639		Is the Qio PCIe 2.0 Bus Extender card compatible in all slots of the Mac Pro 5,1?	May-06-13
646		How can I read UDF Formatted SxS cards?	Aug-11-17
648		Why is the Panasonic OS X P2 driver not compatible with 64-bit mode, while the Sony SxS driver, CF driver and SATA drivers are compatible with 64-bit mode?	Oct-31-14
651		Do Qio and Qio CF4 support UDMA 7 CompactFlash cards?	May-06-13
653		I connected a Red Station media reader to the eSATA ports, but the media would not mount. How do I mount the media?	May-06-13
678		Is the Qio compatible with OS X 10.10 (Yosemite) and OS X 10.9.5 (Mavericks)?	Oct-31-14
693		My computer kernel panics after updating OS X to 10.8.2. What can I do to fix it? (Qio/Qio CF4/Qio E3 issue)	Nov-06-12
713		My Qio Does Not Recognize My SD-to-SxS Adapter	May-07-13
730		I have a Retina MacBook Pro (or other Mac introduced in 2012), and my machine won't boot after installing Qio software.	Dec-06-12
757		My Stardom RAIDSonic ST3620-2S-S2 is not reliable with 6Gb drives and and a 6Gb controller.	Jul-08-13
1135		Can I format an SxS card in UDF format in macOS?	Jan-20-21