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XPS 630 Power/HDD white LED
Is there any way to change these short of cracking open the case? I think it's great that you can use the Nvidia panel to adjust the various lighting zones on the machine, but there's no option on the panel to turn these two WAY TOO BRIGHT lights down (especially noticible in a dim room). Also, the HDD led is flashing ALL THE TIME. Is that because I have a raid-1 setup? Indexing on Win XP is disabled and the light literally never stops flashing (it's not a steady flash, but a series of flashes in different patterns).
willko
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April 19th, 2008 04:00
willko
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April 19th, 2008 04:00
gaijin4life
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April 19th, 2008 04:00
Okaaaay...then why did you say it *wasn't* due to the RAID 1 in your first response where I asked if it was?
I've had other machines with RAID and don't recall constant flashing when the indexing was disabled. If it IS a RAID thing, it seems like something NVIDIA could address...
And didn't someone else with indexing disabled and NO raid still have this problem?
devjonfos
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April 19th, 2008 04:00
I've noticed the same flashing. But since my XPS 630 is on the floor it really doesn't bother me. I only notice it when I've left my computer on and I come back into the room to access it. But gaijin4life raises a good point about unnecessary wear and tear. If it has something do with RAID 1 polling, you'd think if the system is idle, it wouldn't need to poll every second.
It reminds me of a Doctor Who episode where a human heart from an unlucky crew member is wired into a space ship by androids because they don't have the spare parts. So maybe it's the heart beat of our XPS 630's!
:smileywink:
P.S. The new Doctor Who series, season 2, The Girl in the Fireplace
gaijin4life
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April 19th, 2008 04:00
willko
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April 19th, 2008 04:00
willko
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April 19th, 2008 05:00
Lol @ the Doctor Who analogy.
Nah I think it's clear that it isn't a RAID issue. It'd more likely be something to do with the motherboard. By the way people should understand that in most desktops the disks in a hard disk drive spin constantly, even when not in use (unless its in hibernation where disk use is disabled). Wear and tear won't be an issue. I still have a 20gb IDE hard drive from 1999 or 2000 and it still runs perfectly.
gaijin4life
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April 19th, 2008 07:00