5/18/2012 Friday's News   (Added Sonnet drv update FYI early Sat)

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Sonnet Driver Update v2.2.9 for SATA Tempo Pro/E4P/E4i cards:
Just a FYI/Follow-up to earlier posts from May 17th and 11th. Apparently late Friday Sonnet posted the v2.2.9 driver update. It wasn't there when I checked several times Friday but checked again Sat AM at one of their Tempo Pro drivers page and it's there. (As mentioned in earlier posts, said to fix drive mounting issue w/10.7.4 in 32bit mode.)

"Operating System Requirements: Mac OS X 10.4.8+, Mac OS X Server 10.4.8+
File Name: DSKCD-TSATA-2.2.9.dmg.iso
File Size: 1021.9 KB
Description: This software enables the use of Tempo SATA E4P and Tempo SATA Pro ExpressCard/34 (not 6Gb model) in Mac Pro and MacBook Pro, respectively. This version fixes a compatibility issue with 32-bit OS X 10.7.4.
Note: This software is only for Intel Macs."

Although the above (from E4P card support/drivers page) doesn't mention it, the same driver is linked at the Tempo E4i drivers page. (Same note/driver there as well as the Tempo SATA Pro expresscard drivers page.)

  

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Sonnet Update/Info on Tempo E4P/E4i/Pro SATA card drives not mounting in 10.7.4
Follow-up to problem reported last week by a Tempo Pro Expresscard user (E4P/E4i PCIe cards use same drivers) saying his eSATA drives connected to the card did not mount after updating to 10.7.4. Kevan G. sent a note Sonnet says the mounting problem w/2.2.8 drivers is only in 32-bit mode and will be fixed in v2.2.9 drivers to be released today:

"eSATA drives won't mount after updating to OS X 10.7.4
Sonnet has isolated the occurance of drives not mounting in 10.7.4, which occurs only in 32-bit mode with the Tempo SATA E4P, E4i, and Tempo SATA Pro ExpressCard/34. Users running in 64-bit mode will not experience any issue. (To boot in 64-bit, hold down the 6 and 4 keys when the Mac starts up.) Install driver 2.2.9 or greater to fix the 32-bit mode issue. This driver version will be posted by May 17th."

They didn't make the 5/17 released date but v2.2.9 was released late Friday. (Dated 5/18, wasn't there when I checked several times Friday but was Saturday morning.)

  

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