Red Led Which Represents Hard Disk Usage Stops Blinking

Replies: 6 | Post Date: 02-04-2005, 07:50 PM | User: Gumdigger | Forums: hardwareforums.com
All of a sudden the red led which represents hardisk usage stops blinking once it gets past the mother board display and etc (you know at the start where it says bla bla is slave drive and etc. ) So even in dos it doesnt light up. Why would this be.

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