BX Master HD light question...

[LYHTSPD]

i have a bx master, with both of my HD's on the ata66 channels. should (or will) the HD lights flash when there is activity on the drives???

thanks

 

[GetInMyFatBelly]

Yes, the guide is wrong don't use the middle 2 pins, use either 2 end ones.

 

[LYHTSPD]

the odd thing is.. the lights light up with my cd-rom and when my burner is reading a cd (they are both on ide channel 2)

 

[Homer]

Haven't been able to get my light to work in any believable way either. I've tried every combination I can think of...

 

[Peter]

Well ... IDE drives on the same channel both are controlled by the (I)ntegrated (D)rive (E)lectronics on the Master. Hence, the activity is always per-channel, not per-drive as is the case with SCSI.

So if you access the slave drive, the master's activity LED will come on as well. This is normal.

Regards, Peter

 

[LYHTSPD]

hey.... i got it!!! sweet! thanks for your help guys!

 

[mofo888]

what modifications did you do?

 

[LYHTSPD]

youll love this... when i was digging through the manual... i ran across the page that mentioned that there is a seperate jumper that you have to plug the HDD connector into! man, i guess it does pay to read the instructions!! 😱

 

[GetInMyFatBelly]

Like I said, don't use the 2 middle pins on the seperate connection for the ATA66 HD light, like the manual says. Use the two outer ones.