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HDD activity light not working with M.2 PCI-E SSD

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I istalled a HyperX M.2 PCI-E SSD in my Asus Z97-A motherboard. Now the HDD activity light is on constantly.

Is there anyway to fix this?

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Unplug it?

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Unplug it?

Well that would defeat the purpose of having it, since the OS is installed on it.

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Well that would defeat the purpose of having it, since the OS is installed on it.

 

Well, it'll come down to one or the other, have it on constantly, or turn it off.

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RIP in kill: CPU: Single core Celeron M @1.73GHz RAM: 1GB (512MB x2) DDR2 SO-DIMM Motherboard: Asus MOCA-AR HDD: 160GB SATA2 5400rpm

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Well that would defeat the purpose of having it, since the OS is installed on it.

 

i think they meant the HDD LED, not the drive ;)

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i think they meant the HDD LED, not the drive ;)

Notice that now lol.

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Is the HDD LED on even when there's nothing loading to/from the m.2 SSD?

 

On my case the HDD LED is consistently on when the SSD is used (loading to/from it) and it flickers when the HDDs are being read/written from/to.

 

Some guy over on the Anandtech forum had the same issue with his SATA SSD and it turned out to be a trojan.

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Is the HDD LED on even when there's nothing loading to/from the m.2 SSD?

 

On my case the HDD LED is consistently on when the SSD is used (loading to/from it) and it flickers when the HDDs are being read/written from/to.

 

Some guy over on the Anandtech forum had the same issue with his SATA SSD and it turned out to be a trojan.

The led is solid even in bios

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The led is solid even in bios

 

Someone with the exact same problem on the Asus forum (m.2 SSD, Asus Z97 motherboard, HDD LED always on, even before booting) got suggested to turn the HDD LED pin around. Last two comments.

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