Hdd Led Always On!

The hdd led a time ago only blink when the HD is active...
But now the led is always on...
Is there something i can do?!

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Does anyone know if the issue w/ the activity LED not working for SATA devices is a hardware issue (like w/ the ICH5), or a software issue (like w/ the BIOS)?
it is a hardware thingy with the ich5. i seem to remember this once before on this forum, danny's the man to varify this..
and trusso m8, i seem to remember my DVD drive used to cause my led light to pulsate, if i put it on as a 2ndry master. but this is only possible to do on certain mobo's.
i think we would all benefit from some machine spec's m8 so if you could post em (or create a sig) it would be both appreciated and beneficial.

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No, the power LED is working fine. It stays on like it should. When both LEDs are hooked up they both are on constantly. I've tried different LEDs I have lying around the shop, mostly from broken cases, and any LED I plug into the HDD LED connector stays on constently. Any LED plugged into the power LED connector turns on and stays on like it should. By reverse I ment that I connected the positive to the negative and negative to positive. Just as a test. And the LED did not light up. Which is supposed to happen I think.
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First of all, don't do anything when you get the freeze and see if your W520 unfreezes on its own after up to 5 minutes. You might then check out this entire thread for numerous "fixes," but pay particular attention to message #9.
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Hey everyone I'm new to the msi forums here, but I built a gaming rig about 3 years ago and its been running fantastic ever since.
Ive been looking to buy an Radeon 7950 and finally decided on the HIS 7950 IceQ boost clock from newegg for 299.
So I opened up the case just to make 100% sure that I had the necessary 2- 6 pin power connectors, which I did . I did this while the pc was on (I know dont shoot me!) I didn't touch anything on board just a few wires from the psu to look at the connectors, an my hand slighty bushed the side intake fan, no stoppage or anything like that.
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Thanks for all the help so far you guys!! Ok so i spent some more time on it and did what you both suggested. Reseated the ram, 2 sticks of 4 gb 1600 mushkin, made sure that all satas were seated properly on both the mobo and HDD sides, and checked all power connections to the board. After that i cleared cmos, and pulled the battery just to be sure. I checked the case pwr and reset connections on the front of the case and at the mobo, and everything seems to match my brothers board connections (went and took a few pics of his). I also moved my gpu up to the top slot of the mobo so i could see the little led screen on the mobo better.
So i fired her back up, and the dang red light was still on :-(. Also the little led screen isnt post anything at all, no numbers or letters are showing. I believe my brothers read 42 when i was taking pics of his rig (must be the code for all-is-well lol).
My psu is an 850 watt Xion. For + 12v1 and +12v2 its 18A for +12v3 and +12v4 it reads 20A and 22A respectively.
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It looks like i may be in for an earlier mobo and cpu upgrade then i had originally planned :-P
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my system posts and everything just noticed the led flashing
Flashing/blinking HDD LED is normal. What's the problem? It's alive, active, & well.

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