Sonnet TEMPO SERIAL ATA User manual

TEMPO™SERIAL AT
A
2-Port Serial ATA Card
Quick Start Guide for Tempo Serial ATA
You Should Have
The following items should be included in your product package:
• One Tempo Serial ATA 2-Port Serial ATA Card
• One Serial ATA data cable
• One legacy to Serial ATA power cable adapter
• Four screws (for mounting hard drives)
The following items may be required for installation:
• Medium Phillips screwdriver
• Drive mounting brackets/carriers or drive mounting sleds (sold
separately)
• One additional Serial ATA data cable (sold separately)
• One or more legacy (4-pin) power cable Y-adapters (sold
separately)
• One additional legacy to Serial ATA (4-pin to 15-pin) power cable
adapter (sold separately)
• One or more Ultra ATA to Serial ATA adapters (only used to support
parallel ATA drives, sold separately)
System Requirements
The Tempo Serial ATA requires the following in order to operate in your
system:
• One available PCI slot
• One or more hard drives (depending on configuration)
• One or more available hard drive bays (depending on configuration)
• Mac OS®8.6 through 9.2.x, Mac OS X Version 10.2.x or later
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Support Notes: We recommend that you make a backup of important
information on your system’s current hard drive prior to installing new
hardware or software.
When handling computer products, you must take care to prevent components
from being damaged by static electricity. Before opening your computer or
removing parts from their packages, always ground yourself first by touching
a metal part of the computer, such as a port access cover, and work in an area
free of static electricity; avoid carpeted areas. Handle all electronic components
only by their edges, and avoid touching connector traces and component pins.
Also, avoid touching the logic board and any of its components.

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Installation Preparation
Prior to installing the Tempo Serial ATA and hard drives into your system,
you should familiarize yourself with the parts to be installed. We also strongly
recommend that you read the sections in your computer’s user manual that
address hard drive and PCI card installation.
1. Figure 1 illustrates the Serial ATA data cable included with the Tempo
card; you should plug the straight connector into the Tempo card.
2. Remove the hard drive from its packaging.
3. Locate the connector block on your drive. Many Serial ATA drives are
equipped with both a legacy 4-Pin power connector and a Serial ATA
15-pin power connector (Figure 2). If your drive does not have a 4-pin
power connector, depending on your computer, you may need to use the
included 4-pin to 15-pin power adapter cable.
Hardware Installation Steps
This section covers the installation of the Tempo Serial ATA and one or two
hard drives into your system.
1. Shut down the computer.
2. Open your computer to access its expansion card area (PCI slots) and
drive bay(s); refer to your computer’s user manual for specific information.
3. Install the hard drives into expansion bays. (Depending on your comput-
er model, drive mounting brackets/carriers or drive mounting sleds may be
required to install your hard drives. Refer to your computer’s user manual.)
4. Plug the supplied Serial ATA data cable’s right angle connector into your
drive; verify the connector is plugged in securely. (If you are connecting
two drives, you will need an additional Serial ATA data cable.)
5. Locate the power connector plugged into your computer’s existing hard
drive. You should find at least one extra power connector near the existing
drive; if you have installed only one new drive, plug the extra power con-
nector into it. Connect only one power connector to the drive. If you
have installed more than one new drive, or there are no additional power
connectors, you must use power cable Y-adapters (sold separately). Verify
the connectors are plugged in securely.
Figure 2
Support Note: Technical knowledge may be required to gain access to
the drive expansion bays in certain computers. We recommend you
first consult your computer’s user manual. If you feel you are unable to install
the computer hardware, contact a qualified technician.
Support Note: Serial ATA drives are designed for ease of installation.
Unlike parallel ATA drives, there are no jumpers to set, and each Serial ATA
cable supports only one drive.
Figure 1
Quick Start Guide for Tempo Serial ATA
Serial ATA data cable
Serial ATA power
connector
Serial ATA data
connector legacy power
connector
right angle
connector
straight connector

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6. Locate an available PCI slot inside your computer and remove its port
access cover, if present, from the rear of the computer.
7. Remove the Tempo Serial ATA card from its packaging.
8. Install the Tempo card into the PCI slot; make sure the card is firmly
seated.
9. Route the Serial ATA data cable(s) to the Tempo Serial ATA card; avoid
the processor’s heat sink and make sure the cables will not get crushed or
pinched by any part of the case when the computer is reassembled.
10. Plug in the Serial ATA data cable(s) to the Tempo card.
11. Check the cable connections; make sure all cables are connected
securely to the Tempo Serial ATA and the hard drives.
12. Close the computer and carefully replace its cover; be very careful not to
pinch the cables.
Drive Formatting—Mac OS 8.0 through OS 9.x
This section describes the process of formatting (initializing) hard drives con-
nected to the Tempo Serial ATA using Apple Drive Setup under Mac OS 8.6
through Mac OS 9.x. The Drive Setup application is installed during the Mac
OS installation process and is located in the Utilities folder on the hard drive
containing your active System Folder. If you wish to format your drives with
Disk Utility under Mac OS X, please skip to the next section.
1. Turn on your computer.
Figure 3
power supply
access cover
support stand
Support Note: Power Macintosh 7200, 7300, 7500, 7600 and G3
Desktop users must remove the access panel on the main chassis to
route the Serial ATA data cables from the drives to the Tempo card. You may need
tools to perform this procedure. To remove the access panel, first unlock and tilt
up the internal assembly; remember to lower the assembly support stand. Next,
firmly twist the top edge of the panel forward toward the power supply, then lift
the panel out (Figure 3). Save the panel in case you ever need to use it again.
Support Note: If you disconnect your computer’s original internal SCSI
hard disk drive when you install the Tempo Serial ATA and one or more
drives, you must terminate the SCSI chain properly; installation of a SCSI
terminator connector may be required. Failure to properly terminate any SCSI
chain may result in system freezes and errors. Consult your computer’s user guide
or a qualified technician for more information.
WARNING: Hard drives attached to the Tempo Serial ATA will not
mount (appear on the desktop) until they have been formatted; this
includes drives with data on them, previously used in other computers. Please
be aware that formatting a drive erases any data present.

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Figure 5
2. Open Drive Setup (Figure 4).
3. At this point, you may optionally choose to partition each drive to cre-
ate smaller “virtual” drives to store and retrieve data faster and more effi-
ciently; in the Drive Setup menu bar, select Functions: Volume Settings…
Partition, and set up the partitions. When ready, select the drive listed as
<not initialized>, then click Initialize… to format each of the unmounted
drives (Figure 4).
4. Name each drive or volume once it has been initialized; each volume will
appear on the desktop as a single “virtual” drive (Figure 5). You can now
use your drive(s).
Drive Formatting—Mac OS X Version 10.2 or Later
This section describes the process of formatting (initializing) hard drives con-
nected to the Tempo Serial ATA using Disk Utility under Mac OS X Version
10.2; the process under Version 10.3 is very similar. The drive formatting utility
is located in the Utilities folder (within the Applications folder) on your Mac
OS X volume.
1. Turn on your computer.
2. Open Disk Utility (Figure 6). Note that all attached drives appear in the
Information window, regardless of being formatted or not.
3. Select the drive you want to format by single clicking the drive symbol or
the “name” of the drive (Figure 6). In the Information window, the drive
capacity and Connection type are listed.
Support Note: IDE hard drives attached to the Tempo Serial ATA will
register as SCSI devices to the computer under Mac OS versions prior to
OS X. For example, in Figure 4 the newly installed hard drive appears as <not
initialized> under Volume Name(s) and SCSI under Type.
Figure 4
Figure 6
Support Note: Hard drives attached to the Tempo Serial ATA will regis-
ter as ATA devices to the computer under Mac OS X. For example, in
Figure 6, the Connection Bus for a newly installed hard drive is listed as ATA.

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Figure 7
4. Click on the Partition tab (Figure 7). When the Partition window
appears, click on the drop down menu beneath “Volume Scheme:” and
select a number of partitions for the volume; you may optionally choose to
partition each drive to create two or more smaller “virtual” drives to store
and retrieve data faster and more efficiently.
5. Click to highlight a partition, and then type a name in the Name field;
repeat for each partition (Figure 7). After formatting, each will appear in
the Finder window as a drive. If you need to access a drive or partition
from Mac OS 9, be sure to click the Install Mac OS 9 Drivers checkbox.
6. Click Partition (Figure 7).
7. When the Warning window appears, click the Partition button
(Figure 7). If necessary, repeat steps 3–6 to partition the second drive con-
nected to the Tempo Serial ATA. When partitioning and formatting are
complete, close the Disk Utility application; you can now use your drive(s).
Figure 8