XPS 630 HDD LED blinking all the time

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@djcypher wrote:

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@Anonymous-Chris_M wrote:
All,

* Power off the PC
* Unplug the PC power cord
* Open the case cover
* Disconnect the power supply cord going into the Master I/O board
* Reconnect the PC power cord
* Power the PC on
* Does HDD LED blink all the time?
* Power the PC off
* Unplug the PC power cord
* Reconnect all of the Master I/O cabling
* Close it up and use as normal

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Is this an absolute fix or are we becoming a Dell testing ground again for the faulty I/O board?

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Not a fix for me -after following the above steps, yes, it still blinks all the time...:smileysad:

I imagine this effects all master I/O boards in all XPS 630s. I pray they didn't use the same or similar board in the 730 or there are about to be a whole lot more posts on this.

Think systematically and logically.

a.) ALL XPS630 users have curious HDD light behavior. HDD light interfaces with the Master I/O board.

b.) No user to my knowledge has fully adjustable use of their fans AND LED lights, without the 100% fan problem. These are all functions of the Master I/O board. What confuses me is my lights seem to behave differently every time I do it, theres no consistancy and in theory when a computer does something it should do it the same every time. When that doesnt happen that immiediately suggests a fault, bad design or both.

Unlike some members I'm not after a witch hunt here, I just want it fixed asap and am doing everything I can to this end, as are a small group over at the rebel forums. But I must admit, so far the only progress made seems to be off the investigative backs of users. Thoughts?

Kesuke,

I totally agree.  Frustrated users are the ones doing research, trying to find a fix, and help other 630 owners and themselves.  It would be nice the company that made the faulty I/O board would do the same.

I just received my Black XPS630 machine with XP Pro, E8500, 4Gigs of Ram and 500G HD about 1 week ago. My only addition is a second 1T HD. Like everyone else here I had the blinking HD (Disk) Light.

I observed that the light blinks for both Hard Drive and DVD/CD activity. I did some googling and found that this is a problem pointing to the "AutoRun" feature with the DVD/CD drives. I found this discussion thread suggesting to disabled Autorun via the registry. After a Reboot my light has stopped blinking other than when the drives are being accessed. http://www.tek-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=1457744&page=2#

This may not be the perfect solution but it's a fix.

Steven

No effect the light is still blinking.

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@Anonymous-Chris_M wrote:
All,

Try optonline2001s suggestion -
* Click Start- Run
* Type regedit
* Click OK
* Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\CdRom
* Double click on AutoRun
* Change the value from 1 to 0
* Click OK
* Click File- Exit
* Click Start- Shutdown- Restart- OK or Click Start- Turn Off Computer- Restart

Does the HDD LED still flash continuously?

Message Edited by DELL-Chris_M on 05-18-2008 08:03 AM

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So basically this is confirmation that this is NOT NORMAL and should be remedied by Dell.  Along with the master i/o board, the non-existant Light FX 2.0, ESA compatibility, and whatever else is going to melt, crash, explode, or otherwise function improperly on the 630i.

I suppose asking when this will all be remedied is just a silly question from an insignifigant CUSTOMER.

This worked for me. Thanks Chris, guys.

Blinking only when legitimate activity - although it goes on for a long time after rebooting.

I'll be interested whether this turns out to be a temporary or permanent solution.