Jump to content

What is the HDD activity LED for, I cut mine off

zarrexx
By zarrexx
in Cases and Mods
 Share
Go to solution Solved by Godlygamer23,

It's to let you know when one of your storage drives is being accessed. If you really need to know when your storage drive is being accessed, there are software utilities for that.

Posted

Did anyone else cut their HDD activity LED off, I didn't really see any use in it.what exactly is it for? Also cut the 1394, since dont really think they are used anymore

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted

To let you know it is working.

CPU: i5 4430 PSU: XFX 550w Ram: 8gb Patriot Viper 1600mhz


Motherboard: MSI H87M-G43 Case: Fractal Design Define R4


SSD: 840 Evo 250gb, 512gb MX100 GPU: MSI GTX 980TI Gaming Cooler: Hyper 212 Evo

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted
  • Solution

It's to let you know when one of your storage drives is being accessed. If you really need to know when your storage drive is being accessed, there are software utilities for that.

"It pays to keep an open mind, but not so open your brain falls out." - Carl Sagan.

"I can explain it to you, but I can't understand it for you" - Edward I. Koch

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted

Yeah I personally don't even have it plugged in. All it does it let you know when your hard drive is being accessed.

Is this the real life? Or is this just fantasy?

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted

I just never plugged it in to the motherboard, as the light would have annoyed me. 

I might hook it up as another power led 

hello

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted

I use mine as an indication if my PC blue-screened. xD When your PC blue-screens, it dumps the memory to the hard drive, then shuts the hard drive down. It's nice when you're doing overnight stress tests. If you wake up to an occasional blinking light, you're stable. If it's not blinking, something's wrong :p

CPU: Intel i5-2320 @ 3.9gHz

GPU: MSI GTX 670 PE @ 1411/7387

I wanna go fast! :P

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
 Share
Go to topic listing Cases and Mods

×