HDD Light

[Irwin Opper]

The red light stays on all the time. I've checked and nothing running. Any
ideas?
Thank you,

(e-mail address removed)

Windows xp
2 Hard drives.
512 megs ram
amd 2000

 

[mike]

sounds like your ide cable is pluged in backwards.
hope this helps
mike

 

[Irwin Opper]

Thanks Mike, I'll take a look.

sounds like your ide cable is pluged in backwards.
hope this helps
mike

 

[John E. Carty]

He wouldn't be able to access the drive at all if this were the case

 

[Bruce Chambers]

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The drive wouldn't be accessible, nor the PC bootable, if that
were the case.

Bruce Chambers

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[Bruce Chambers]

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It's possible that the lead from the motherboard to the LED is
connected incorrectly.

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[Frank]

IDE cables are notched so you cannot install them backwards.
If the light is staying on all of the time I believe that the wire
from the front panel is inverted. On the newer mainboards
there are usually two places that these can be plugged


| sounds like your ide cable is pluged in backwards.
| hope this helps
| mike

|
| > The red light stays on all the time. I've checked and nothing
running. Any
| > ideas?
| > Thank you,

 

[John E. Carty]

The LED's are polarized connections and will not work at all if connected
backwards

 

[Bruce Chambers]

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This is true of many, but certainly not all IDE ribbon cables.

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[Bruce Chambers]

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That's contrary to my experience.

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[John E. Carty]

That they are polarized, or that they will not work at all if the connection
is reversed??? Polarized connections will only work if the wires are
connected in the correct orientation. However, that doesn't mean they cannot
be accidentally installed on the wrong pin outs which may cause the light to
stay on

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

If seen the reversed HD LED connection cause the LED to be
normally, steadily illuminated, and blink off when there's drive
activity.

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[Frank]

| Greetings --
|
| That's contrary to my experience.
|
| Bruce Chambers

You must dance to a different drummer. I have 6 mainboard
manuals and they all say that if the front panel HDD LED is
connected backwards it will not work.

| | > The LED's are polarized connections and will not work at all if
| connected
| > backwards