Two Cards in One—Add Fast 6Gb/s eSATA and SuperSpeed USB 3.0 Ports to Your Computer With One PCIe Card
Do you need to hook up USB 3.0 or eSATA drives to your Mac Pro® tower, Windows® PC, or Thunderbolt™-to-PCIe card expansion system? If you are looking for great performance and flexible choice of connections, install the Tempo™ Duo PCIe adapter. This cost-effective Sonnet card delivers the capabilities of two cards in one, adding two 6Gb/s eSATA and two SuperSpeed USB 3.0 ports to your computer.
The Power to Charge and Sync
Sonnet specially engineered the Tempo Duo PCIe to provide extra power to devices connected to the USB 3.0 ports without the need for you to connect an auxiliary power adapter and cable to the card. Delivering up to 2.0A of power per port, this Sonnet solution provides enough power to support USB 3.0 bus-powered hard drives, SSDs, DVDs, and Blu-ray™ devices. The Tempo Duo also supports the USB 3.0 charging specification that enables you to simultaneously charge and sync your iPad®, iPhone®, or other device that supports USB 3.0 charging.
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Part No.:
TSATA6USB3-E: Tempo Duo PCIe
Hardware:
Warranty: 1-year
Form Factor: PCIe computer card
Bus Interface: PCI Express 2.0 x4
Number of Ports:
- 6Gb/s eSATA: 2 external
- USB 3.0: 2 external
- USB 3.0 Dual Port Connector: 1 internal
Package Contents:
- Tempo Duo PCIe card
- Documentation
Drives Supported: Two (or more with hardware RAID enclosure)(2)
Drive Types Supported: SATA 6Gb/s, SATA 3Gb/s, and SATA 1.5Gb/s
Advanced Features:
- Supports booting from attached drives under OS X; Windows 10, 8, 7 support drive hot-swapping under OS X
- Supports ATAPI (CD/DVD/Blu-ray) drives
- Supports port multipliers
- Supports S.M.A.R.T. status data reporting
- Supports Spread Spectrum Clocking for compatibility with all SATA drives and lower EMI emissions
USB 3.0 Support:
Drives Supported: Two (or more with hardware RAID enclosure)(2)
Standard: Complies with OHCI (Open Host Controller Interface), EHCI (Enhanced Host Controller Interface), and xHCI (eXtensible Host Controller Interface) standards
Peripherals Supported: Supports industry standard USB 3.0, 2.0, and 1.1 peripherals
Bus-Powered Peripherals Supported(4): HDs, SSDs, DVDs, and Blu-ray devices up to 2A per port
Cables Supported: USB 3.0 with Standard-A male connector, USB 2.0 with Standard-A male connector(1)
USB Charging: USB Battery Charging 1.2 Compliant
(up to 7.5W per port)
Data Transfer Rate: Up to 350 MB/s per port
Chip Set: Fresco Logic
Number of Devices Supported: Up to 31
Hot Plug: Supports hot-pluggable and hot swappable device connection
Mac Compatibility
Mac Pro (with card slots)
OS X 10.8.5+
OS X El Capitan compatible
Windows Compatibility
PC desktop (with PCIe slots; PCIe 2.0 slots recommended)
Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista®
Windows Server 2012, 2008 R2, 2008
Thunderbolt Compatibility
Any Mac with a Thunderbolt or Thunderbolt 2 port via a Thunderbolt-to-PCIe Card Expansion System
PC with a Thunderbolt 2 port via a Thunderbolt-to-PCIe Card Expansion System