HDD LED in RAID-0

Got my new motherboard all set up and roaring, but just one little nuisance is getting on my nerves. The HDD LED connector works just fine when the HDD is in IDE1 or IDE2, but when I connected my HDD's to IDE3 and SER1 with a RAID-0 configuration, the HDD LED doesn't light up. I reversed the HDD LED connector to see if that would work, but still no luck. Any suggestions?

Well, this board is still badass. With the Maxtor Maxblast software, I can format the HD's in NTFS even with the RAID-0 configuration in a matter of seconds. The only thing that bothers me is that sometimes I'd like to see the HD's activity. I'm a programmer by trade and I work with large files, so the LED is sometimes helpful. I'm also an avid gamer which is the reason I chose this board. Installed Unreal II and it works flawlessly. Maybe there will be a BIOS update in the future that will address this issue, but if what you say is true and they never wired it in, maybe it'll never happen.

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Originally posted by Wonkanoby
try reversing the 2 wires as far as plus and minus go
any drive on raid and you will see no activity
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I tried everything. Took it back to my dealer and he tried a new board with the same results. Then we grabbed an ATA drive and hooked it up and the LED started flashing. As soon as we used a SATA drive it stopped working.
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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.
When I looked up after I put the couple wires back I had no display, no keyboard or mouse, and the red HDD led was lit above the mobo power button :( :(.
Ive checked all connections and they seems to be fine, my brother has the same board in his rig, so ill take a pic of his and double check mine just to be totally sure.
The pc powers up with either the case or mobo buttons, all fans (cpu, psu, case, gpu) power up and run normally. All lights are blue that I can see, except for the red HDD led, no display, keyboard, or mouse. Also I cant power the system down by holding down either case or mobo buttons, only by switching the psu off.
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Either something came unplugged which ive some how missed, my mobo has shorted somehow after approx 3 years of perfect operation, or my psu has blown.
Does anyone have any other suggestions for me? Has anyone seen something like this happen before?
The tough thing is this pc is currently used for music recording through pro tools and was about to become the main media display pc at my church, after the purchase of the new video card, so having it down meant no music recording today at church :( :(
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Asus Radeon 5750
Mushkin Redline 1600mhz 4x2
Crucial SSD 120gb
Seagate 150gb HDD
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LG CD/DVD RW
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By the way I wrote all that on my phone! Lol

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).
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I dont see xions around much anymore, did they go out of business or something?
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my system posts and everything just noticed the led flashing
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Well I couldn't resist. I opened up case and took my trusty magnifying glass and looked real close at JFP1 pins 1,3.
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Best Regards

Good job, Gary.
My HDD LED DID light.
Just for curiosity and giggles, I reversed the plug, and no go.
Reversed to original and it works.
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Originally posted by Domino254
My LED work on S-ATA too. Dunno why it wouldn't work in yours.
My mainboard is first revision (got it for the first shipment almost 9 months ago).
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The hdd led a time ago only blink when the HD is active...
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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.
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