Hard Drive LED stays on all the time...

[MCR007]

Anybody got any clue to why the LED Hard Drive stays on all the time? Have a system that the LED worked normal for a while, now its stays on all the time. Ran the manufacture's hard drive disgnositics software on the hard drive and all is fine---no error codes. And no, the wire harness for the light to the board is not on backwards, if I do reverse the wire, it doesn't work at all. Gotta learn to walk before you can run

 

[edfair]

Suggest that you research this on the windows95 forum. One thread from about two weeks ago covered it pretty well.
Possibility of HW failure, OS dependent BIOS problems. Ed Fair
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[paparazi]

We have had a batch of cases where all the HDLED lights have stopped on, we know for a fact that it is the actual front panel LED/circuitry that is the problem, the first couple we had were cured by using a differant case.
Of course there is no detrement at all but it's just annoying that it doesn't work properly. Martin Replying helps further our knowledge, without comment leaves us wondering.

 

[edfair]

That's the problem with them smart front panels. Ed Fair
unixstuff@juno.com
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[iyedidit]

If it's a whitebox (custom built PC) the IDE light wire is probaly plugged in backwards. I have a co-worker who does this all the time.

 

[cyberdyne]

iyedidit,
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LED wont glow if connected reverse way.

mcr007
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I dont think front panel can be bad. LED will only glow when it gets power. So chek your motherboard. LED cant glow on its on. cause now a days there is not much like panel as far as LED is concerned. U just get a simple LED fixed on cabinet. You have to set right polarity that's it.

Other thought is :

How much is actual disk activity ? r u having low memory in system for said software ? if so the swap file may be using hdd and if processor is slow u feel hdd led is glowing continiously.

Good luck

Apoorva

 

[Frank668]

On my motherboard, where the pins are situated at, there is a chance to make a mistake when connecting the LED's. It can happen that you plug the LED wire the good way (+ on + and - on -) but at the wrong place. That way, if the motherboard sends signal to a specific PIN and you got that PIN plugged in, you should look in your motherboard book to see the plans and then replug your connector at the good place.

-Frank