Sonnet Technologies Tempo SATA E4i Serial ATA Host Adapter PCI Express - Manual (Page 3)

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Quick Start Guide for Tempo SATA E4i
Hardware Installation Steps
This section covers the installation of Tempo SATA E4i into your
system and connection of one or more hard drives.
1. Shut down your computer, and then open it to access
the expansion card area (PCI Express slots); refer to your
computer’s user manual for specific information.
2. Install your hard drives now. (Depending on your computer
model, drive mounting hardware may be required to secure
your hard drives. Refer to your computer’s user manual.)
3. Plug the SATA data cables’ right angle connectors into your
drives; verify the connectors are plugged in securely. (If
you are connecting more than one drive, you will need
additional SATA data cables.)
4. 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 connector 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 may need to use power
cable Y-adapters (sold separately) or other adapters (sold
separately) which will provide power to the connected hard
drives.
Verify the connectors are plugged in securely.
5. Locate an available PCI Express slot inside your computer
and remove its access cover.
6. Remove the Tempo card from its packaging, and then install
it into the slot; make sure the card is firmly seated and
secured.
7. Route the Serial ATA data cable(s) to the Tempo card; avoid
heat sinks and make sure the cables will not get crushed
or pinched by any part of the case when the computer is
reassembled.
8. Plug in the Serial ATA data cable(s) to the Tempo card.
9. Check the cable connections; make sure all cables are
connected securely to the Tempo card and the hard
drives.
10. Close the computer; be very careful not to pinch the cables.
11. If you are a Power Mac G5 user, your card installation
is complete; skip to page 5 for drive formatting
instructions. If you are a Windows user, go to the next
panel for driver installation instructions.
Support Note for Mac Users:
Power Mac G5 users
should install the Tempo card either into slot 2 or 4.
Windows 7 Driver Installation
This section describes the installation of drivers to support the
Tempo SATA E4i in systems running Windows 7.
1. Turn on your computer and log in; during startup, a
Installing Device Driver Software pop-up will appear, followed
by a message that the device driver software was not
successfully installed. Close the message.
2. Click Start > Control Panel.
3. In the Control Panel window, double-click Device Manager.
If you have not disabled User Account Control (UAC), a UAC
window will appear; click Continue.
4. When the Device Manager window appears, click the arrow
next to IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers to expand the list. Right-
click “Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller” and
select Update Driver Software.
5. When the Update Driver Software window appears, insert
the Tempo SATA Host Controller Software CD into your
computer’s optical drive, and then click “Browse my computer
for driver software”.
6. When the next window appears, click Browse.
7. When the Browse for Folder window appears, click
“Computer” to expand the list, then click the icon for the
optical drive containing the software CD, and then click OK.
8. Back in the Browse for driver software window, make sure
the checkbox next to Include Subfolders is checked, and
then click Next. If a Windows Security window appears, click
Install; the driver software will be installed.
9. When the Windows has successfully updated your driver
software window appears, click close; you may now format
drives attached to the Tempo card. Skip to page 7 for drive
formatting information.
Support Note: The software on the included Installer CD
may not be the latest version available. Before installing this
product, check the version number of the software on the CD
and what’s available at www.sonnettech.com/support/kb/kb.php.
Download and install the newer version, if available.