No HDD light from Seagate 120 GB HDD connected via VIA SATA Controller?

A

ANTant

Hello!

I was told this normal, but I wanted to check with the rest of the world.
My third HDD (a Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 Plus ST3120026A; 120 GB; 8 MB
cache; 7200 RPM) is connected through a refurbished ASUS K8V SE Deluxe
(VIA K8T800 Socket 754 ATX; VIA VT8237 South Bridge; revision 2; 1007
Firmware). The reason it is set up like this is because its onboard
Promise controller just won't boot up my old Windows XP 100% of the
times.

Is there supposed to be lack of no HDD light? If so, then why? I was told
VIA designed it this way, but I don't know if that is true. Is there a way
to get a HDD light monitor in Windows XP? I cannot even hear the HDD spin
when it is in used because the fans are loud. Other two HDDs do light up
normally, but they are not connected to this controller. FYI, my full
detailed system specifications can be found at
http://alpha.zimage.com/~ant/antfarm/about/computers.txt (primary
machine).

Thank you in advance. :)
--
"Whenever I see an old lady slip and fall on a wet sidewalk, my first instinct is to laugh. But then I think, what if I was an ant, and she fell on me. Then it wouldn't seem quite so funny." --Saturday Night Live FAQ: Deep Thoughts
/\___/\
/ /\ /\ \ Phillip (Ant) @ http://antfarm.ma.cx (Personal Web Site)
| |o o| | Ant's Quality Foraged Links (AQFL): http://aqfl.net
\ _ / Please remove ANT if replying by e-mail.
( )
 
A

Anton Ertl

Hello!

I was told this normal, but I wanted to check with the rest of the world.
My third HDD (a Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 Plus ST3120026A; 120 GB; 8 MB
cache; 7200 RPM) is connected through a refurbished ASUS K8V SE Deluxe
Click to expand...

I have the same board, and the HDD light does not light up when I
access drives on the second IDE port of the VT8237. I only have a DVD
and a CD drive on that port, but I don't think that should matter. So
it looks like this behaviour is coming from the motherboard and/or
southbridge design.

- anton
 
A

ANTant

I have the same board, and the HDD light does not light up when I
access drives on the second IDE port of the VT8237. I only have a DVD
and a CD drive on that port, but I don't think that should matter. So
it looks like this behaviour is coming from the motherboard and/or
southbridge design.
Click to expand...

Interesting. I wonder why they did that. To save money? [sighs]
--
"Whenever I see an old lady slip and fall on a wet sidewalk, my first instinct is to laugh. But then I think, what if I was an ant, and she fell on me. Then it wouldn't seem quite so funny." --Saturday Night Live FAQ: Deep Thoughts
/\___/\
/ /\ /\ \ Phillip (Ant) @ http://antfarm.ma.cx (Personal Web Site)
| |o o| | Ant's Quality Foraged Links (AQFL): http://aqfl.net
\ _ / Please remove ANT if replying by e-mail.
( )
 

Ask a Question

Want to reply to this thread or ask your own question?

You'll need to choose a username for the site, which only take a couple of moments. After that, you can post your question and our members will help you out.

Ask a Question

Similar Threads

Using a HDD on a VIA SATA Controller result no SMART datas? Why? 8
Can't boot up Windows XP Pro. SP2 with ASUS K8V SE Deluxe's enabled onboard Promise Controller 5
Can't boot up computer with a XFX NVIDIA GeForce 6800 (AGP; 128 MB) when KVM is on the other compute 5
Is MSI K8N NEO4-F Motherboard and this setup OK? 5
VIA VT8237 SATA RAID BIOS Setting Utility V4.80 can't find my third HDD! 4
Is Gigabyte GA-M55plus-S3G Motherboard OK for my setup? 8
Which HDD brand (120 GB) to get? 18
Need to worry about HDD? "The driver detected a controller erroron \Device\Harddisk1\D." in XP Pro. 30

Top