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Sounds like that drive is using its power light for drive activity as well.<br />
I remember some old drives in compaq machines had little green led's on them that blinked when in use.<br />
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as long as youre not getting read/write errors or drive not available errors you should be fine.<br />
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Hope this helps<br />
(hey you have the same first name as me :) &nbsp;)<br />
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BOFH
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Sounds like that drive is using its power light for drive activity as well.
I remember some old drives in compaq machines had little green led's on them that blinked when in use.

as long as youre not getting read/write errors or drive not available errors you should be fine.

Hope this helps
(hey you have the same first name as me :)  )

BOFH

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To rule out the Promise card, what does the drive do if you put it on the normal IDE controller on the mobo?<br />
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I have a feeling you don't have anything to worry about.<br />
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-dogztar
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To rule out the Promise card, what does the drive do if you put it on the normal IDE controller on the mobo?

I have a feeling you don't have anything to worry about.

-dogztar

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I have the above drive and the green LCD light blinks all the time. &nbsp;I am referring to the LCD that shows the drive is up and on, not the light that shows drive activity. I have the drive connected to a Promise ATA 100 card. The LCD light on the Western Digital I replaced with the Maxtor did not blink, it stayed on all the time the computer was on. &nbsp;Should the LCD on the Maxtor be blinking. &nbsp;I guess I want to know that I installed it correctely. &nbsp;It appears to be operating OK.<br />
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Bo
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I have the above drive and the green LCD light blinks all the time.  I am referring to the LCD that shows the drive is up and on, not the light that shows drive activity. I have the drive connected to a Promise ATA 100 card. The LCD light on the Western Digital I replaced with the Maxtor did not blink, it stayed on all the time the computer was on.  Should the LCD on the Maxtor be blinking.  I guess I want to know that I installed it correctely.  It appears to be operating OK.

Bo

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