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Special Instructions for Tempo HD (Without Drive, Windows Version)
You Should Have (Part Number THD-W)
In addition to the parts listed on the Tempo HD quick start guide, the following
items should be included in your product package:
• 4 hard drive mounting screws
The following item is required for installation of a 2.5 inch hard drive to the
Tempo HD:
• Medium Phillips screwdriver
The following items may be required for installation of a 2.5 inch hard drive:
• Small flat blade screwdriver
• Needle-nose pliers
Installation Preparation:
Prior to installing a hard drive onto the Tempo HD, you may need to prepare the
drive by installing, moving or removing jumpers.
1. Remove your 2.5 inch hard drive from its packaging.
2. Locate the jumper block on your hard drive. Figure 1 shows the most com-
mon jumper block location.
.
Support Note:
Refer to the hard drive user's manual for jumper
setting information specific to your drive. Alternately, you may find
jumper setting information printed on your hard drive's labels. Make sure the
drive is oriented the same way as the illustration before moving jumpers.
2.5 Inch Hard Drive Installation Steps
This section covers the configuration, and the installation one 2.5 inch hard drive
onto your Tempo HD card.
1. Move, install, or remove jumpers (as necessary) on the hard drive to the
master setting.
2. Remove the Tempo HD card from its anti-static packaging, and lay it on a
flat surface with the surface-mounted connector face up.
3. Lay the 2.5 inch hard drive on the card within the rectangle imprinted on
the Tempo HD card, and align the hard drive's pins with the Tempo HD
card's surface-mounted connector (Figure 2). Push the hard drive's pins into
the Tempo HD card's connector until the drive is completely seated.
4. Holding the drive against the card, flip the assembly over. Using the 4 screws
provided, secure the hard drive to the Tempo HD; be sure to use the correct
holes, and do not overtighten the screws (Figure 3).
5. Follow the instructions in the attached quick start guide to install the Tempo
HD into your system. Please note, you will need to format the drive you just
installed. Refer to the drive formatting information sections of the Quick
Start Guide for specific information.
Figure 1
hard drive's pins
surface-
mounted
connector
2.5 inch hard drive
Figure 2
Tempo HD
screw
screw
screw
screw
Figure 3
jumper block
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Summary of Contents for Sonnet TEMPO HD
- Page 1 • Needle-nose pliers Installation Preparation: Figure 1 Prior to installing a hard drive onto the Tempo HD, you may need to prepare the drive by installing, moving or removing jumpers. 1. Remove your 2.5 inch hard drive from its packaging.
- Page 3 Sonnet Technologies, Inc., 15 Whatney, Irvine, California 92618-2808 USA • Tel: 1-949-587-3500 Fax: 1-949-457-6350 ©2002 Sonnet Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Sonnet, the Sonnet logotype, Simply Fast, the Simply Fast logotype, and Tempo are trademarks of Sonnet Technologies, Inc.Tempo HD includes technology by FirmTek, LLC.
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Page 4: Installation Preparation
Quick Start Guide for Tempo HD (Windows Version) Installation Preparation Prior to installing the Tempo HD into your system, you should read the section in Tempo HD your computer’s user manual that addresses PCI card installation. Tempo HD Installation Steps... -
Page 5: Windows 2000 Driver Installation
Quick Start Guide for Tempo HD (Windows Version) Windows 2000 Driver Installation This section describes the installation of drivers to support the Tempo HD in systems running Windows 2000. If your system is running Windows 98SE or Windows Me, go back to “Windows 98SE and Windows Me Driver Installation”... - Page 6 1. Identify the connectors on an Ultra ATA cable (sold separately) as shown in Figure 2; the host connector plugs into the Tempo HD controller card, while the master and slave connectors plug into the hard drives.
- Page 7 *jumpers must be set to the master setting when two drives connected Figure 4 7. Route the Ultra ATA cable to the Tempo HD card; avoid heat sinks and make sure the cable will not get crushed or pinched by any part of the case when you reassemble your computer.
- Page 8 Quick Start Guide for Tempo HD (Windows Version) 6. From the Change Current Fixed Disk Drive screen, select the last disk listed (assuming you’ve connected only one drive at this time), and then press Enter. Do not unintentionally choose an existing formatted drive.
- Page 9 Quick Start Guide for Tempo HD (Windows Version) WARNING: Hard drives attached to the Tempo HD will not appear under My Computer, and can’t be used until they have been formatted; this also applies to drives with data on them, previously used in other computers.
- Page 10 WARNING: By default, NTFS will be selected as the file system to use when you format drives. Unless you need to move the Tempo HD and hard drive(s) to another computer running Windows 98SE or Windows Me, you should use the default (NTFS) file system choice. Windows 98SE and Windows Me are incapable of using NTFS-formatted drives;...
- Page 11 Quick Start Guide for Tempo HD (Windows Version) WARNING: Hard drives attached to the Tempo HD will not appear under My Computer, and can’t be used until they have been formatted; this also applies to drives with data on them, previously used in other computers.
- Page 12 WARNING: By default, NTFS will be selected as the file system to use when you format drives. Unless you need to move the Tempo HD and hard drive(s) to another computer running Windows 98SE or Windows Me, you should use the default (NTFS) file system choice. Windows 98SE and Windows Me are incapable of using NTFS-formatted drives;...