Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 5 Sep 2004 18:50:13 -0600 | From | Eric Mudama <> | Subject | Re: HDD LED doesn't light. |
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On Tue, 31 Aug 2004 14:59:02 -0500, Matt Domsch <matt_domsch@dell.com> wrote: > On Tue, Aug 31, 2004 at 12:44:08PM -0700, Adrian Yee wrote: > > But this doesn't explain why I have two motherboards here where the HDD > > activity LED does not light up in linux (for SATA drives) but does in > > windows . Note that it only starts working in windows *after* the > > driver has loaded. > > I've heard of implementations of the drive light on SATA where it is > controlled through a general-purpose I/O pin somewhere else in the > chipset. If that's the case, then the Windows driver may well know > how to drive the GPIO to indicate drive activity for you...
That would be my guess too.
This is all part of the initial hiccups in a brand new interface. Within another year or two, everything will stabilize out and work "as intended" (crosses fingers)
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