Tempo SSD PCIe Card
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Firmware (2)
IDDownload TitleDownload LinkPost Date
733 Tempo SSD Pro/Tempo SSD/Tempo SATA Pro 6Gb 4-Port Firmware Updater 1.0Jan-29-2013
Operating System Requirements: Mac OS X 10.6+
Description: This macOS software updates the firmware in very early versions (mid 2014 and earlier) of Sonnet's Tempo SSD Pro, Tempo SSD, and Tempo SATA Pro 6Gb 4-Port PCIe cards with the Marvell SATA controller. Later versions of these card (mid 2014 and newer) with the Marvell controller have current firmware. This updater will not work on the most recent versions of these cards that have an ASMedia SATA controller. You need this update only if your version of a Marvell card will not support booting in a Mac Pro. This firmware update enables your card to support booting when the card is installed in a Mac Pro running OS X 10.6.8+

Instructions:
1. Click the Download Now button to the right.
2. Locate and, if necessary, open the MarvellFlasherGUI.dmg file.
3. Double-click the Marvell 9182 Flasher Installer X.x.pkg file to launch the updater application installer.
4. Follow the onscreen instructions; the updater application will be installed into the Applications folder. Note that in order to complete the installation, you may have to navigate back to the Finder to click OK in a dialog window stating the application was installed.
5. In the Applications folder, locate and double-click the Marvell9182FlasherGUI.app file to launch the firmware updater application.
6. Select your Tempo card (if it isn't already selected), and then click Update.
7. Restart your computer; the firmware updater will load, appearing as text on a black screen.
8. Type "y" when prompted; the Tempo card's firmware will be updated. Note that you will be prompted a second time if you are updating a Tempo SSD Pro card; type "y" again.
9. Press the return key to close the firmware updater application and restart the computer.

Notes:
Do not shut off your computer while it is updating the Tempo card's firmware; the card may become disabled
• After the firmware is updated, your card will continue to operate as before when installed in a Thunderbolt-to-PCIe expansion product or in a Windows PC
 
790 Tempo SSD/SSD Pro/SSD Pro Plus/SATA Pro 6Gb 4-Port Firmware Updater (Windows)May-08-19
 
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FAQ (17)
IDArticle TitlePost Date
661 I'm using OWC Mercury Extreme Pro 6G SSDs with a Tempo SSD or Tempo SSD Pro adapter in a Thunderbolt Expansion Chassis and the system hangs after waking from sleep.Oct-01-16
731 How fast will an SSD be in an Echo Express Thunderbolt chassis using the Tempo SSD, SSD Pro or SSD Pro Plus?Dec-30-17
735 My Tempo SSD, Tempo SSD Pro or Tempo SATA Pro 6Gb 4-Port card prevents my HP Z820 from booting.Dec-30-17
758 Can I install Mac OS directly onto SSDs (or an SSD RAID) on the card? Will I get a recovery partition?Dec-30-17
777 Does the Tempo SSD, Tempo SSD Pro, or Tempo SSD Pro Plus support 15mm 2.5" drives?Dec-30-17
964 Does the Tempo SSD, Tempo SSD Pro, or Tempo SSD Pro Plus work in a Magma Thunderbolt 1 ChassisDec-30-17
976 In a Mac Pro, the SSDs are seen as external drives, how do I prevent accidental ejects?Feb-14-23
987 Can I install a Boot Camp partition on my Tempo SSD in my Mac Pro?Jan-12-18
992 The write speed of my Samsung 830, 840, 840 EVO, 840 PRO, 850 EVO or 850 PRO has slowed to below 100MB/s.Mar-30-20
You need to update the firmware of your Samsung SSD. See the Samsung Firmware Updater Page.
 
1011 How do I use Sonnet's SATA cards in VMWare/vSphere 5.5+?Mar-27-18
1012 Do Sonnet SATA cards support NexStar Dual Bay Drive Docks and Icy Box IB-3640SU3 with SATA interface?Oct-04-19
1064 In a Mac Pro, can I install Windows on a Tempo SSD or SSD Pro Plus?Jul-15-19
1073 How do I configure RAID under macOS?Feb-14-23
1095 I'm using this card with macOS 10.15 and am experiencing Kernel PanicsMar-15-20
1126 Option-boot doesn't function in Mac Pro 5,1 when a bootable Mac OS is installed on a Tempo SSDJan-02-21
There were two versions of Tempo SSD.

The original version used the Marvell 88SE9182 SATA controller.
The current version uses an ASMedia ASM1062 SATA controller.

With the discontinued Marvell controller, if a bootable volume is created on a Tempo SSD, option-boot works fine in the Mac Pro 3,1, 4,1, and 7,1 (2019), but not in the Mac Pro 5,1. The recommended workaround in a Mac Pro 5,1 is to select the boot volume in the Startup Disk System Preferences and restart. If the Tempo SSD has only data volume(s) (not bootable volumes), then option

With the current ASMedia controller, option-boot works fine in the Mac Pro 5,1.
 
1136 How can I use my new SSD volume to hold my user folder on macOS?Feb-14-23
1183 The Write performance of my SSD is very slow under Windows.Feb-14-23