Hard Drive light on NEW ASUS MB and New Cooler Case

Double check the hard drive light just to be sure it is on
the correct header on the mobo. It could be a short in the
mobo. Is the light flickering at all or is it steady?


"Ivan T Williams" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote in message
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| Just put a new PC together; hard drive light is constantly
| on, no virus, since I've not connected it to the internet
| yet. Drives and cables connected correctly; tested new and
| old Hard Drives, does that mean it's Win XP Pro causing
| this issue? Any ideas? Must be someone out there with the
| same issue...

I believe I read a post on an Asus ng regarding this being specific to a
particular mb and as such it was a Asus bug/problem.
try alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus


"Jim Macklin" <p51mustang[threeX12]@xxxhotmail.calm> wrote in message
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> Double check the hard drive light just to be sure it is on
> the correct header on the mobo. It could be a short in the
> mobo. Is the light flickering at all or is it steady?
>
>
> "Ivan T Williams" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com>
> wrote in message
> news:1824601c419c6$8fb79a50$a101280a@phx.gbl...
> | Just put a new PC together; hard drive light is constantly
> | on, no virus, since I've not connected it to the internet
> | yet. Drives and cables connected correctly; tested new and
> | old Hard Drives, does that mean it's Win XP Pro causing
> | this issue? Any ideas? Must be someone out there with the
> | same issue...
>
>

Reverse the 2 pin plug for the hard drive indicator on the M/B.

--
Regards:

Richard Urban

aka Crusty (-: Old B@stard :-)

"Ivan T Williams" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:1824601c419c6$8fb79a50$a101280a@phx.gbl...

> Just put a new PC together; hard drive light is constantly
> on, no virus, since I've not connected it to the internet
> yet. Drives and cables connected correctly; tested new and
> old Hard Drives, does that mean it's Win XP Pro causing
> this issue? Any ideas? Must be someone out there with the
> same issue...

If the light never came on that would work, the LED has to
have the correct polarity. But his problem is the light
never goes out. That could be a short in the mobo, some
software fault showing the drives are being constantly
accessed or the drives might be in constant use by some
program. The question in my mind is there any fluctuation
or flickering in the light? If so, the problem is software,
if steady it is likely a hardware fault.


"Richard Urban" <richardurbanREMOVETHIS@hotmail.com> wrote
in message news:%23dV3%23ifGEHA.4012@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
| Reverse the 2 pin plug for the hard drive indicator on the
M/B.
|
| --
| Regards:
|
| Richard Urban
|
| aka Crusty (-: Old B@stard :-)
|
| "Ivan T Williams" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote in message
| news:1824601c419c6$8fb79a50$a101280a@phx.gbl...
| > Just put a new PC together; hard drive light is
constantly
| > on, no virus, since I've not connected it to the
internet
| > yet. Drives and cables connected correctly; tested new
and
| > old Hard Drives, does that mean it's Win XP Pro causing
| > this issue? Any ideas? Must be someone out there with
the
| > same issue...
|
|

Did that and the light NEVER comes on, thus they way I had
it was correct on the motherboard.
Thanks

>-----Original Message-----
>Reverse the 2 pin plug for the hard drive indicator on

the M/B.

>
>--
>Regards:
>
>Richard Urban
>
>aka Crusty (-: Old B@stard :-)
>
>"Ivan T Williams" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com>

wrote in message

>news:1824601c419c6$8fb79a50$a101280a@phx.gbl...

>> Just put a new PC together; hard drive light is

constantly

>> on, no virus, since I've not connected it to the

internet

>> yet. Drives and cables connected correctly; tested new

and

>> old Hard Drives, does that mean it's Win XP Pro causing
>> this issue? Any ideas? Must be someone out there with

the

>> same issue...

>
>
>.
>

I would'nt say that there was a short on the MB simply
because when I reversed the cable the light did not come
on. Also, I had another case - prebuilt from Compaq - and
that was the same thing, i.e. hard drive light always on.
Strange, no?

>-----Original Message-----
>If the light never came on that would work, the LED has to
>have the correct polarity. But his problem is the light
>never goes out. That could be a short in the mobo, some
>software fault showing the drives are being constantly
>accessed or the drives might be in constant use by some
>program. The question in my mind is there any fluctuation
>or flickering in the light? If so, the problem is

software,

>if steady it is likely a hardware fault.
>
>
>"Richard Urban" <richardurbanREMOVETHIS@hotmail.com> wrote
>in message news:%23dV3%

23ifGEHA.4012@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...

>| Reverse the 2 pin plug for the hard drive indicator on

the

>M/B.
>|
>| --
>| Regards:
>|
>| Richard Urban
>|
>| aka Crusty (-: Old B@stard :-)
>|
>| "Ivan T Williams" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com>
>wrote in message
>| news:1824601c419c6$8fb79a50$a101280a@phx.gbl...
>| > Just put a new PC together; hard drive light is
>constantly
>| > on, no virus, since I've not connected it to the
>internet
>| > yet. Drives and cables connected correctly; tested new
>and
>| > old Hard Drives, does that mean it's Win XP Pro

causing

>| > this issue? Any ideas? Must be someone out there with
>the
>| > same issue...
>|
>|
>
>
>.
>

I had posted before you replied, the lights are LED "light
emitting diodes" The key word is diode, they only pas
current in one direction.

I said that a short in the mobo might be the cause if
current is getting to the LED all the time. The problem
could even be a jumper on the drive for all I know.

If the LED flickers a little bit it would indicate that
there are read/writes actually going on and there is not a
short powering the light.

Boot into safe mode and see if it works properly, if so
there is some program, that is constantly using the hard
drive, it could be a virus, a disk indexing function, or
some other background program. Try closing services and see
when the problem starts up.


"Ivan T Williams" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote in message
news:136d601c41a33$34461940$a001280a@phx.gbl...
| I would'nt say that there was a short on the MB simply
| because when I reversed the cable the light did not come
| on. Also, I had another case - prebuilt from Compaq - and
| that was the same thing, i.e. hard drive light always on.
| Strange, no?
|
| >-----Original Message-----
| >If the light never came on that would work, the LED has
to
| >have the correct polarity. But his problem is the light
| >never goes out. That could be a short in the mobo, some
| >software fault showing the drives are being constantly
| >accessed or the drives might be in constant use by some
| >program. The question in my mind is there any
fluctuation
| >or flickering in the light? If so, the problem is
| software,
| >if steady it is likely a hardware fault.
| >
| >
| >"Richard Urban" <richardurbanREMOVETHIS@hotmail.com>
wrote
| >in message news:%23dV3%
| 23ifGEHA.4012@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
| >| Reverse the 2 pin plug for the hard drive indicator on
| the
| >M/B.
| >|
| >| --
| >| Regards:
| >|
| >| Richard Urban
| >|
| >| aka Crusty (-: Old B@stard :-)
| >|
| >| "Ivan T Williams" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com>
| >wrote in message
| >| news:1824601c419c6$8fb79a50$a101280a@phx.gbl...
| >| > Just put a new PC together; hard drive light is
| >constantly
| >| > on, no virus, since I've not connected it to the
| >internet
| >| > yet. Drives and cables connected correctly; tested
new
| >and
| >| > old Hard Drives, does that mean it's Win XP Pro
| causing
| >| > this issue? Any ideas? Must be someone out there with
| >the
| >| > same issue...
| >|
| >|
| >
| >
| >.
| >

I thin I've got it. I have a CD-RW and a DVD player, if I
disconnect the DVD, the HDD LED works like it's supposed
too. If I have the DVD in and the CD-RW out, the HDD led
stays lit, so this must be something to do with the IDE
DVD Rom 16x that I have. At least I know I'm not going
mad...

p.s: Thanks for all your help...

>-----Original Message-----
>I had posted before you replied, the lights are LED "light
>emitting diodes" The key word is diode, they only pas
>current in one direction.
>
>I said that a short in the mobo might be the cause if
>current is getting to the LED all the time. The problem
>could even be a jumper on the drive for all I know.
>
>If the LED flickers a little bit it would indicate that
>there are read/writes actually going on and there is not a
>short powering the light.
>
>Boot into safe mode and see if it works properly, if so
>there is some program, that is constantly using the hard
>drive, it could be a virus, a disk indexing function, or
>some other background program. Try closing services and

see

>when the problem starts up.