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 1.0
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Jan-29-2013
790 Tempo SSD/SSD Pro/SSD Pro Plus/SATA Pro 6Gb 4-Port Firmware Updater (Windows)
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May-08-19
Description: This installer will upgrade the firmware in a Tempo SSD, Tempo SSD Pro, Tempo SSD Pro Plus, or Tempo SATA Pro 6Gb 4 Port card to remove or add the EFI or BIOS boot ROM image. Normally this utility is not needed; however, if you are using any of these products in a Windows machine that implements EFI (Extensible Firmware Interface), we have found some of these machines are incompatible with the Mac-based EFI boot ROM that ships with the product. Typically only newer (2012+ Windows Machines) implement EFI. This utility gives you the option to:

• remove the ROM image altogether
• replace the ROM image with the original ( a combined EFI/BIOS image)
• replace the ROM image with a BIOS only image

Installation:
The included disk image file must be burned to a CD. Then, it can be booted from; it will run a DOS-type shell (actually FreeDOS). The Tempo card must be present in the system when this utility is run. Once in the DOS shell, change to the TempoSSD directory by typing

cd TempoSSD

You can do any of the following tasks:

• remove the ROM image altogether
type GONOROM

• replace the ROM image with the original
type GOROM

• replace the ROM image with a BIOS only image
type GOBIOS

It should find one or two devices, depending on your product. Type "Y" to start programming. After completing, remove the CD and reboot the computer.

New in Version 1.00
- initial release
 
 
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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
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
You can't run Bootcamp on the Sonnet Tempo SSD or SSD Pro Plus. However, you can format the SSD on the Tempo SSD or SSD Pro Plus with a GPT (GUID) partition map, install Windows 10 in UEFI mode on one SSD, and boot from it.

You must install the Bootcamp drivers (not the Bootcamp assistant). To get the Bootcamp drivers you start Bootcamp and look for a menu item to download Apple support. That downloads machine specific Apple drivers. There may be a way to get those drivers directly from Apple's website but we don't have the link. You must install this support before the machine reboots after a Windows install. Note that when the Windows installer sees the GPT partition map, it defaults to UEFI mode.

Note that option-boot will not work. This is how you select the startup disk...
•If you boot the macOS, you can open System Preferences->Startup Disk, and select the Windows disk
•If you boot Windows, you open Control Panel->Bootcamp and select the macOS disk. (When you install the Bootcamp drivers, you get this control panel in Windows that lets you select the macOS.)
•Or, you can zap the PRAM, which will default back to the maOS.

Only Windows 10 is supported; and there is an install order if you put macOS and Windows on two SSDs (install macOS first, Windows second). Be prepared to clean the disk and install more than once; the Windows installer sometimes hangs during the install.
 
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
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