This light is now constantly on??

[FoxyZey]

So after buying a new motherboard , ssd and cpu. This light used to indicate wether my HDD was being used or not it used to flash with it in reading or writing etc..

After installing the new ssd and installing windows on it and the new MB and CPU its now constantly on. I don't know if i connected anything wrong but the LED - and + are in correctly. Anyone knows anything??

[SimplyChunk]

chack your motherboard manual and make sure you've not plugged it in to the POWER led header by mistake You want the one labeled HDD

 

Edit:

 

You're also correct.  The LED wouldn't be on at all if the polarity was the wrong way round

[FoxyZey]

3 minutes ago, SimplyChunk said:

chack your motherboard manual and make sure you've not plugged it in to the POWER led header by mistake You want the one labeled HDD

 

Edit:

 

You're also correct.  The LED wouldn't be on at all if the polarity was the wrong way round

But it being constantly on doesnt mean that the hdd or ssd is constantly in use right??

[SimplyChunk]

2 minutes ago, FoxyZey said:

But it being constantly on doesnt mean that the hdd or ssd is constantly in use right??

not if you plugged it in to the power header no

[mariushm]

What they say above. Honestly, I would just disconnect the LED completely. It would bother me a lot when watching movies, being so white and so bright. 

[FoxyZey]

9 minutes ago, SimplyChunk said:

not if you plugged it in to the power header no

I just checked and it is connected to LED +  and - not HDD + and - so it just acts as any RGB light right? Like the green one up front

[Kilrah]

If connected there it will just be on any time the machine is on. And blink in standby likely.

[mariushm]

It should be a single color, since there's only voltage and ground , led+ and led- 

The motherboard MAY have some effects on it, like  blink or breathe (fade in, fade out)  if your PC is in sleep / stand-by modes but color shouldn't change.

 

[FoxyZey]

3 minutes ago, mariushm said:

It should be a single color, since there's only voltage and ground , led+ and led- 

The motherboard MAY have some effects on it, like  blink or breathe (fade in, fade out)  if your PC is in sleep / stand-by modes but color shouldn't change.

 

No like the color doesn't change the color is constantly white but the green one has a button to change it. 

The white power button has no effects at all. 

I was just asking that if its connected to LED + and - does it mean it acts as a normal LED light and not connected to my storage behavior or does it mean my ssd/hdd is constantly working too?

[Kilrah]

LED+/- is just always on. Nothing to do with the storage, for that you'd need to connect to HDD.

[FoxyZey]

9 minutes ago, Kilrah said:

LED+/- is just always on. Nothing to do with the storage, for that you'd need to connect to HDD.

Got it , thanks a lot mate.