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installing sonnet tempo x esata 8
I have just taken delivery of a Sonnet Tempo X esata 8, 8 port Esata card, how come when I try and slot it into my G5, I either lose my monitors or my firewire pci card?
I have a SCSi card in slot 4, and a Lacie PCi Fire wire 800 card in slot 2. I cannot put the Esata card in slot 4 because a plug at the top of the board gets in the way. So if I put it in slot 3 I lose my firewire card and if I put it in slot 2 (and the FW in slot 3) I lose my monitors. What is going on???
I only have a few weeks to sort this out so any answers are gratefully received.
James Marshall. -
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you need to put your eSATA card in slot 2 or 3. I have no idea of why you are losing your other boards. May I suggest that you temporarily remove the FW 800 card, and make sure the eSATA card works ok. Remember, make sure to plug in those eSATA cables ALL THE WAY in, otherwise it will appear that the drives don’t mount on the desktop or Apple Disk Utility – I had this happen, and I thought I had a bad card. Get ONE sata drive working, and once it is woring, power off, and plug in your FW800 card in the other PC100 slot, and see what happens.
Bob Zelin
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