Sleep light doesn't' blink...is this normal???

I very curious/concerned about my UBMBP 17 sleep light. It doesn't blink when sleeping. The light stays solid white when my notebook is sleeping. But funny it does blinks when I manually put it to sleep...
is this normal?
Thanks!!!

Thanks everybody!
But Clay that's what I thought too that the HD isn't sleeping...but it finally did sleep and blink!
I tested it by changing to the shortest timer allowing it sleep/diplay in one minute aswell...but in reality it really took about several minutes after for it to blink....
On my UMBP 15" it doesn't do that.
nothing is connected and both are connected to power outlet with the lid open on both notebooks. Only program
running is safari and HD is checked rest when possible.
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