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Old February 18th, 2003, 07:40 PM   Digg it!   #1 (permalink)
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HDD Led, why does it flash?

hey yall. i have always wondered, does your hdd led flash when your hdd is being read from? or written to? or both? just curious

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Old February 18th, 2003, 07:43 PM     #2 (permalink)
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Old February 18th, 2003, 07:43 PM     #3 (permalink)
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yes....that's to indicate it's being read from/written to
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Old February 20th, 2003, 04:15 PM     #7 (permalink)
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And,, if ya haven't defragged lately the HD will work more to get data.
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uh, whats so funny guys??

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