hd activity light with sata 2?

KP84KP84
edited December 2005 in Hardware
Is there anyway to get the hd activity light to work with sata 2 drives?

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  • ArmoArmo Mr. Nice Guy Is Dead,Only Aqua Remains Member
    edited December 2005
    if the LED is connected stright to the mother board, adn teh 2 sata drives are connected straight to the motherboard ( i e not on a raid card or other controler card ) then it should function properly, any activity from/on either drive should activate the LED. my raid even makes my LED flash.
  • KP84KP84
    edited December 2005
    Ive got 2 Sata 2 drives connected to the mobo, still no activity light :confused:
    mobo:asus a8n premium
    Hard drives: 2x WD 250gb Sata 2
  • scottscott Medina, Ohio Icrontian
    edited December 2005
    Don't forget LED's have polarity. try flopping the connector on the mobo.

    If you never took it off , and it worked before then disregard. But if you did have it off, try it the other way.


    Just a thought



    Scott
  • ArmoArmo Mr. Nice Guy Is Dead,Only Aqua Remains Member
    edited December 2005
    on the mother board schematics it'll say that 1 end is a + and 1 end is a -, on the front LED plug it should have 1 colored wire, orange, or red, i think ts red, and 1 white wire.

    the white wire is always the - in the schematics. and the colored wire is always the +, stoopid little tricks the manual dosnt teach you.
  • KP84KP84
    edited December 2005
    Thanks, but the actual led wasnt working, I got a new 1 and it works :)
  • profdlpprofdlp The Holy City Of Westlake, Ohio
    edited December 2005
    How many Short-Medians does it take to change a light bulb? ;D

    Glad you got it going, KP84. :)
  • KP84KP84
    edited December 2005
    profdlp wrote:
    How many Short-Medians does it take to change a light bulb? ;D

    :confused: Not sure

    the light works great, even shows me when the cd drives are i use :)
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