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More info?)
It's always helpful when someone gets back and posts
what actually solved a problem. Thanks!
-- Bob Day
"Allan" <kurkial@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
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> Bob and Bob
> Interesting - no there is no selection for CD ROM anywhere, but selecting
> Manual in CMOS settings instead of AUTO has no effect on CD ROM performance.
> BUT - In Hardware Device Manager I disabled my CD ROM reader, which is
> polled constantly as evidenced by its' activity lite and rebooted and now
> the HDD lite works properly - so the problem was caused by the CD ROM.
> Fortunately I also have a CD Writer and don't really use the old CD ROM
> reader much anymore - it does vibrate and is not too reliable.
>
> So it appears Bob Day had an answer after all
>
> thanks to both of you
> Allan
> "Bob I" <birelan@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:4120E7B0.5050104@yahoo.com...
> > Perhaps there is "CD-ROM" selection under "Manual"
> >
> > Allan wrote:
> >
> > > Bob,
> > > If you mean in BIOS setup, I don't have a CDROM option for CD drives -
> only
> > > Manual or Auto , same as the hard drives. Thanks for the reply though
> > >
> > > Allan
> > > "Bob Day" <xxxxxxx@yyyyyyy.com> wrote in message
> > > news:eJ9vm5mgEHA.3320@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> > >
> > >>"Allan" <kurkial@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
> > >>news:u803O3lgEHA.1652@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> > >>
> > >>>Dual boot XP Pro and W2K. AMD on Abit KT7A board. Western and Seagate
> > >>>drives. If boot W2k which is on slave drive (C
HD light works
> > >>>
> > > properly. If
> > >
> > >>>boot to XP Pro on master Drive (F
HDD light stays on at all times -
> it
> > >>>does flicker during read write, but does not go off. I have seen a
> > >>>
> > > posting
> > >
> > >>>on this in another service, but they want $10 a month to read the
> > >>>
> > > solution.
> > >
> > >>>Problem not serious, but irritating.
> > >>>Any solutions?
> > >>>
> > >>Dunno. Maybe. I had that problem once, and, after reversing
> > >>the HD light plug into the mainboard to no effect, I changed the
> > >>BIOS setting of my cdrom drive from "Auto" to "CDROM". For
> > >>whatever reason, that solved the problem.
> > >>
> > >>-- Bob Day
> > >>http://bobday.vze.com
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >
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