I finally figured out what the cause was in my case. I had installed a zip drive, and had to re-arrange the positon of the hard drives (2) and cd rom to put it in the case since I was using it with the case adapter that makes it look like a cd rom size unit. When I put the zip on the ribbon...
Nope - says DMA, that's not it..... starting to think it's the mother board, as the light stays on even at a dos prompt. On from the time I turn it on until power is off. Got to be some kind of hardware problem vs. software, but smart drive reports both connected hard drives are "OK"...
Thanks alot you guys for your ideas, but I'm still working on my version of the problem. Someone told me to replace my ribbon cables, so am going to try that next. Beside the dang light staying on, the computer runs just fine though. Never ran into this one before....
I have the same problem - win xp home version, the light stays on all the time, but the drive is not making any noises or anything like it's being accessed. It seemed to start the day I tried dumping all the internet files in MIE, and my system crashed. I noticed the light on after booting up...
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