You saved my day good sir (or madam). That worked to get my PCIe Sata II card back up and running on Mountain Lion. Thank you!!!
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Silicon Image eSATA driver update for Lion?
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You saved my day good sir (or madam). That worked to get my PCIe Sata II card back up and running on Mountain Lion. Thank you!!!
Help Please!
This did not work for me, mysteriously...
I'm using 10.8.2 on a mid-2010 MBP. effing eff.
I've now tried the Silicon Image download and the Sonnet 1.2.6 driver for my LaCie 2 port eSATA card...
This did not work for me, mysteriously...
I'm using 10.8.2 on a mid-2010 MBP. effing eff.
I've now tried the Silicon Image download and the Sonnet 1.2.6 driver for my LaCie 2 port eSATA card...
This did not work for me, mysteriously...
I'm using 10.8.2 on a mid-2010 MBP. effing eff.
I've now tried the Silicon Image download and the Sonnet 1.2.6 driver for my LaCie 2 port eSATA card...
Which card do you have exactly? These are for cards with the SI3132 chip only.
Thank you to those who've participated in this thread.
I have been able to make my Lacie 2-Port e-SATA II PCI-X Card (which apparently uses 3132 Silicon Images architecture) work in Mountain Lion OSX 1.8.2 by installing the the Tempo SATA E2P, Tempo SATA Edge ExpressCard/34 and Tempo SATA ExpressCard/34 Driver (OS X 10.5+) 1.2.6 from Sonnet (see link elsewhere in this thread). This is on a 2008 MacPro 3,1.
I did not have to uninstall the original drivers. I think they may have been uninstalled when I upgraded to Mountain Lion, due to the fact that they are 32-bit and incompatible with Mountain Lion.
guh73, I'm not sure what is going on with your situation, although I notice that you are on a MacBook Pro. Perhaps there is a difference between the desktop and laptop cards?
Thanks! Fritz
I have been able to make my Lacie 2-Port e-SATA II PCI-X Card (which apparently uses 3132 Silicon Images architecture) work in Mountain Lion OSX 1.8.2 by installing the the Tempo SATA E2P, Tempo SATA Edge ExpressCard/34 and Tempo SATA ExpressCard/34 Driver (OS X 10.5+) 1.2.6 from Sonnet (see link elsewhere in this thread). This is on a 2008 MacPro 3,1.
I did not have to uninstall the original drivers. I think they may have been uninstalled when I upgraded to Mountain Lion, due to the fact that they are 32-bit and incompatible with Mountain Lion.
guh73, I'm not sure what is going on with your situation, although I notice that you are on a MacBook Pro. Perhaps there is a difference between the desktop and laptop cards?
Thanks! Fritz
Sonnet drivers worked for me: 10.7.5
2008 15" Macbook Pro unibody 2.4GHz Core 2 Duo (now put out to pasture as a desktop machine); Lion 10.7.5.
Now I can finally use my G-Drives in e-Sata mode -- means that I can
sensibly use them for iPhoto/iTunes without the rest of the system slowing
to a crawl. Thanks for the tip, everyone
2008 15" Macbook Pro unibody 2.4GHz Core 2 Duo (now put out to pasture as a desktop machine); Lion 10.7.5.
Now I can finally use my G-Drives in e-Sata mode -- means that I can
sensibly use them for iPhoto/iTunes without the rest of the system slowing
to a crawl. Thanks for the tip, everyone
Solved My Drobo S Issue
The driver noted below also works for my early 2009 MacPro running a Drobo S.
Note that this is NOT the Silicon Graphics driver that Drobo tech support said to install.
THANK YOU!
The driver noted below also works for my early 2009 MacPro running a Drobo S.
Note that this is NOT the Silicon Graphics driver that Drobo tech support said to install.
THANK YOU!
1.2.6 drivers work with Mavericks
Hi all-
I'm reviving this thread from the dead to let everyone know...
...that in my attempt to get my PCI Expresscard 3/4 SATA card on my MacBook Pro to work with Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks....
...that the 1.2.6 driver located at this link (given in the thread above)
http://www.sonnettech.com/support/kb/kb.php?cat=345&expand=&action=a3#a3
...seems to work well.
Thanks, MacRumors forum dwellers!
Hi all-
I'm reviving this thread from the dead to let everyone know...
...that in my attempt to get my PCI Expresscard 3/4 SATA card on my MacBook Pro to work with Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks....
...that the 1.2.6 driver located at this link (given in the thread above)
http://www.sonnettech.com/support/kb/kb.php?cat=345&expand=&action=a3#a3
...seems to work well.
Thanks, MacRumors forum dwellers!
I just tested these drivers with my OWC Silicon Image chip based card under Mavericks, and its working fine now! I'd been forced to use the USB interface on a ProBox multidrive cabinet for the last couple years, and now I this lets me use the faster eSATA interface again! WooHoo - and thanks for the info!
... on my early 2009 2.66 Quad-core MacPro with Mac OS X 10.9.1 Mavericks....
... using the 1.2.6 driver located at this link:
Tempo SATA E2P, Tempo SATA Edge ExpressCard/34 and Tempo SATA ExpressCard/34 Driver (OS X 10.5+) 1.2.6-
http://www.sonnettech.com/support/kb/kb.php?cat=345&expand=_a3&action=b146#b146
... on my early 2009 2.66 Quad-core MacPro with Mac OS X 10.9.1 Mavericks....
... using the 1.2.6 driver located at this link:
Tempo SATA E2P, Tempo SATA Edge ExpressCard/34 and Tempo SATA ExpressCard/34 Driver (OS X 10.5+) 1.2.6-
http://www.sonnettech.com/support/kb/kb.php?cat=345&expand=_a3&action=b146#b146
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guess I'm a little behind the times but anyone know if 1.2.6 drivers might work on os x 10.11 el capitan? I'm looking to get raid over esata with my Rosewill RSV-S4-X 4 bay.