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XPS 8920, no HDD activity LED
Hello XPS Owners,
Since it does not have a HDD activity LED, it is hard to tell when installing something if it is hang/stuck or it is still processing. Is there another alternative way to see if there is disk activity? For example, I was reinstalling the Operating System and there has the black screen for a very long time. I was wondering is it stuck/hung or is it doing something? Without the HDD activity LED, I cannot tell the disk activities.
Thanks
beamermt79
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April 5th, 2018 10:00
Tesla1856
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April 6th, 2018 16:00
For systems that usually come with a SSD, they often do not have HDD Activity lights now-days. However, on my Aurora-R6 Desktop, it is on the back-panel. Have you checked there?
takfuji
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May 4th, 2018 16:00
Try GLINT.EXE :
https://sites.google.com/site/glintutility/
I have the same complaint. There are HDD activity pins on the motherboard, however, it does not give any signal. I use glint as an alternative.
You need to configure glint to limit for HDD activity, as it show so many indicators. You also understand the disadvantage as it does not work when shutting down the PC.
Tak
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October 25th, 2018 15:00
Handy to see network and disk activity blinkenlights.
Thanks for the tip.