Hard drive LED funkiness with MSI K7T Pro2a

[Rectalfier]

My hard drive LED does not seem to work. Either it's always on or always off depending on the way i plug it in. Is there a bios setting for this or something?

 

[jinsonxu]

Doesn't work on my A7V nor KT7 either.

 

[Rectalfier]

Wierd, did they change the spec for the light or something? The hard drive light worked fine before when I had my K7M in there.

Hmmm, this deserves further investigation. Anyone know?

 

[jblondi]

Are you lining up the + pin with the + on the cable. Try it both ways to see if it will work. Sometimes the instructions have the pins labled incorrectly because of a board revision. Check both the manual and the writings on the board to see if they are the same. Possibly try shifting it a pin over if there is nothing there. Luckily you at least know that the led works cause it would at least light up. Good luck.

 

[Rectalfier]

I'm not sure which way it is lined up. I mentioned that when i have it plugged one way the light is constantly on, and the other way is always off. Anyone?

 

[Maverick]

my LED on my pro2a doesn't work either. I haven't tried re aligning the pins yet, maybe I will try that.

 

[NOX]

Hmm?well my brother has the K7T Pro1.0a, and it works fine. I don?t know if the JFP1 connectors are set differently on 2a?

 

[Hanpan]

THe led on teh mobo goes crosswise while every other led goes length wise. Maybe it's not installed properly.

 

[Gunbuster]

The power LED on my enlight case does not work with my intel 815 board, I swapped the led with one from a junky case and it works fine.

 

[NOX]

<< THe led on teh mobo goes crosswise while every other led goes length wise >>

Yes, we have it crosswise also.

 

[andrey]

and I was thinking I was the only person who was having that problem
Here is what I've noticed so far. Originally I had Asus K7M in my ProCase and hard drive LCD was working just fine. Couple months ago I got Asus A7V and put K7M in my other case and once K7M found its new home, I never could get that hard drive LCD working correctly again, unless I put K7M back into my original ProCase. This makes me think this all has something to do with type of LCD used and probably current or resistance.

 

[chiwawa626]

lol, Doesn't work on my A7V eather...wtf, whats up with all this.
Could it be since i am using a IBM drive on the ATA100, does that mean the LED only works when u use the regular ide?

 

[Rectalfier]

On the K7M, the HD LED is pins are off to the side, they are not grouped with the rest of the pins.

I have not tried crosswise yet on my PRo2, i checked the other day and it didn't seem like it could go crosswise. Anyways I will check it out and get back to you guys.

 

[Subversal]

Both my K7T pro2's LED's work fine w/ Enlight 7237 cases.

 

[Rectalfier]

Hmm, looks like it already is crosswise, o well, no big deal, just a little annoying though.

 

[Maverick]

I fixed mine by flipping the connector over and plugging it in with the Label side up. Works like a charm now