Re: HDD LED doesn't light.

"Fernando O. Korndörfer"
2004-08-24T13:07:38Z

This seems to be a hardware problem, as I have similar hardware (Asus
A7N8x-e deluxe) and the HDD Led also stays off.
BTW, I'm using MS-Windows(R).

Tell me something, you'r using SATA, right?

Ben Skeggs wrote:

>Hello,
>
>No matter how much harddisk activity is occuring on my system, the
>harddisk LED stays off. At first I thought I'd misconnected the lead,
>but under Windows the light is functional.
>
>This occurs on both my SATA harddisk and my PATA harddisk.
>
>SATA controller: Silicon Image sil3112
>PATA controller: NForce2
>Motherboard : Abit NF7-S 2.0
>CPU : AthlonXP 3000+
>
>The earliest kernel I've used with this hardware is 2.6.6, and the
>problem occurs right up to 2.6.8.1.
>
>I'm completely clueless as I was under the impression that the hardware
>controlled the LED.
>
>Could I please be CC'd any replies as I'm not subscribed to the list.
>
>Regards,
>Ben Skeggs
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