Sonnet - Tempo Serial ATA: Serial ATA PCI Host Adapter Card

Impressively Fast—Transfers
Data at up to 1.5 Gbps!
Sonnet's Tempo™ Serial ATA PCI adapter card enables you to connect the latest Serial ATA (SATA) and parallel⁽¹⁾ ATA hard drives to your older Macintosh® computer. Take advantage of the higher data transfer rates and improved cabling performance that SATA offers. Watch your data fly at up to 1.5 Gbps without sacrificing integrity! Just install this card into your PCI slot and make the switch to Serial ATA. Now what could be easier?

Sonnet Technologies is the leader in Macintosh upgrade products. Our engineering experience enables us to provide Macintosh users with the most reliable products in the industry. Keep us in mind whenever you are planning to upgrade your Mac, Sonnet offers an ever-expanding array of upgrade solutions that will increase the performance and extend the life of your Macintosh system.

Technical Notes:
⁽¹⁾Mac OS X supported on Power Mac G3 computers when used with appropriate third-party software. Please refer to software developer's website for complete compatibility and specification details. Sonnet does not endorse nor offer support for third-party software. For support issues, please refer software developer's support site.

⁽²⁾ Parallel ATA disk drives are supported when using Sonnet's Tempo Bridge or similar Serial ATA-to-Parallel ATA adapter.

Key Benefits

Affordable solution for adding 2 SATA ports to your computer

48-bit LBA support for drives larger than 137GB

Supports Mac OS X mirroring and striping

Boots from any attached hard drive

Mac Compatibility

Power Mac® G3 (Blue & White)⁽¹⁾ and Power Mac G4

Power Mac G5 (with PCI or PCI-X slots)

Mac OS® X Version 10.5, 10.4, or 10.3

Mac OS 9

Technical Specifications

Part No.	TSATA
Hardware
Warranty	1-year limited warranty
RoHS Compliant	Yes
Bus Interface	32-bit, 33/66 MHz PCI
Internal Connectors	2 SATA
Drives Supported	Up to 2
Data Transfer Rate	Up to 150 Mbytes/second or 1.5 Gbits/second burst data transfer rate
ATAPI Support	Yes⁽²⁾
Drive Type Supported	Serial ATA; Ultra DMA modes 6/5/4/3/2/1/0, PIO modes 4/3/2/1/0⁽¹⁾
Firmware	Flash-ROM upgradeable to latest firmware version
Advanced Features
Fully compliant with Serial ATA 1.0a specification Bus Mastering off-loads data I/O handling from CPU Complete 32-bit CRC error checking, for all bits transmitted (command, data and status), offers enhanced data protection for high-speed Serial ATA drives Dual independent data channels allows for separate device timings Automatically identifies and configures drive types⁽¹⁾ Automatically detects and supports devices utilizing many transfer modes including UltraDMA 6/5/4/3/2/1/0, PIO 4/3/2/1/0⁽¹⁾

Specifications subject to change without notice.

2-Port Serial ATA PCI Card for Mac & Windows