I don't know that I have a specific answer for this, but I do question
whether or not the connection to the motherboard from the HDD light is on
backwards or not.  In my experience, it will simply not work if this is the
case . . . however every computer is different.  You can try removing the
case, finding the appropriate wire to the HDD LED and switching it around on
the connector.  Maybe the ground wire is on the wrong pin?????
Gina Hunkins
Georgia


>Do not be concerned.  Some HDD drive lights are always
>on (mine are).  Actually, I believe that I have two lights.  One
>for when the power is on and one for when the disk is
>being accessed.  The HDD's take some time to get up to
>speed, so they are always spinning while the power is on
>(unless some green h/w turns them off after inactivity).
>
>If the HDD's were not always spinning, then every time
>you accessed a HDD you would have to wait 20 or 30
>seconds for it to respond (rather than milliseconds).
>
>Now, if the access lights are always on, then maybe
>something strange is going on.
>
>Dean Kukral
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Charly Coles <[log in to unmask]>
>Date: Thursday, March 11, 1999 1:23 AM
>Subject: [PCBUILD] HDD light always ON
>
>
>>After recently putting a system together,  I realized that the HDD light
is
>>always ON. I have Windows 98 and it works fine, my only concern is that I
>>don't know when my HDD is spinning or not.  I already check all the cable
>>specially the HDD led and it's properly connected according to the
>Mainboard
>>specification.
>>> If anyone has an idea as to the cause of this steady HDD led ON, please
>drop
>>me a line.
>>>The system comprises of:
>>>P-599 ATX Motherboard with 8meg Video, and Sound onboard.
>>>350Mhz AMD K6-2
>>>128 Meg DIMM
>>>5 Gig WD HD
>>>AMI BIOS
>>ATX Case
>>
>>Thanks in advance
>>Charly Coles
>>
>
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