HDD LED fixed and staring, DKA790GX

New system, DKA790GX in a Cooler Master HAF 932 case. Case has two, bright blue LEDs on the front panel for power and HDD activity. The HDD LED is on constantly. When I switch the connector is if off constantly.
Any ideas? Manual, and M-connector, says it should be pins 1 and 3 on header JFP1, with pin 1 being positive.

@Bas - well, my manual, the m-connector, and the Quick Guide all show pins 1 and 3 as the HDD LED. Looking "face on" with the blank as the top most right position, pins 1 & 3 are the leftmost two on the bottom row. I switched them as you suggested just in case, but no change.
@Henry - I don't have any indication of another problem. The OS and all other s/w has installed fine. I can't actually hear the HD spinning, so I guess it is possible it is constantly accessing *shrug*.
Unless...this is my gaming rig, and I went straight to Windows 7 Beta. The MSI Live Update utility crashes, so I've updated my BIOS to 1.60 using Bas and Bosskiller's method using a USB Key et al. Perhaps I am missing some other updates or drivers?

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Originally posted by brono85
Hello all
Today I received my mobo from RMA I put together ouside the case motherboard, processor, video card and the first boot I got the logo screen and nothing. The led on the D-braket are 1/3 are RED and 2/4 are Green. I tried to clear the bios with the jumper but nothing change, also I tried the bios recovery it gave me 5 bit and nothing.
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