Does this card make HDD activity light stay on all the time? When activity happens, the light turn off instead of on like its backwards???
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Make sure the provided lead with the 2 pin socket at each end is plugged onto the motherboard "HDD LED" pins, and the other end onto the proper two pins on the Syba card. Then plug the two pin socket on the lead coming from the case HDD LED onto the other two pins on the Syba card. MAKE SURE to observe proper polarities on all three connections.I'm pretty sure the instructions describe the connections.The installation here worked perfectly.Hope that helps....Steve
1666206
um dude lites don't matter is it working? are your hard drives working? no problems? unplug the lite
1666207
I have tried connecting it opposite and also on the other jumper as-well. It either is on all the time or not at all. Possibly bad card??? The read/write speeds are slow too.
1666208
Make sure the provided lead with the 2 pin socket at each end is plugged onto the motherboard "HDD LED" pins, and the other end onto the proper two pins on the Syba card. Then plug the two pin socket on the lead coming from the case HDD LED onto the other two pins on the Syba card. MAKE SURE to observe proper polarities on all three connections. I'm pretty sure the instructions describe the connections. The installation here worked perfectly. Hope that helps.... Steve
817426
Looks like the drive is set up to go to "sleep" after a period of time. That affects a lot of operations, and there's no direct fix for it.
1481078
The drive spins down if not used for a while. Both the drive and the power adapter feel cool. According to my Kill-A-Watt the drive draws 3 watts when idle and about 10 W when spinning/seeking. It's too bad the idle power isn't closer to zero -- I may have to start unplugging.
121822
Hi, This drive is virtually silent unlike my other external hard drive which makes a lot of noise when active. How quite & cool this drive operates is one of the many things I like about it. It's possible yours could be defective. Maybe you could exchange it for another?
197555
If I remember correctly, (I put this card in a friend's computer) that led is just to show that it has power from the power supply. If you switch the power supply off the light will turn off. (showing the card does not have sufficient power) In other words, yes, this is normal for this card.
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I don't think so as it's not labeled as being that. If it does power down I haven't noticed it. Latency isn't really much of an issue any more - smaller disks spin up very quickly. Mine is doing a TimeMachine backup as I type. The drive is silent and the case is only slightly warm to the touch.
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Mine does the same thing, showing only the blue SA-CD light, the blue MultiChannel light, and the interior blue light, for about 5 seconds, then turns itself off. Did you get it fixed ? What was the problem ?Thanks ! Mine is under warranty, but I'm contemplating having it fixed locally.
1802178
I'm still happy. It does have an on/off switch. Just make sure that before you switch the enclosure off that you safely remove the hardware from your computer. That way you don't lose or corrupt your data.
2035389
There is a switch inside of the caddy next to the SATA Connector which I believe affects the sleep mode...maybe diagnostic mode as well. Not sure if they're linked.
373581
Sounds like it may be defective, mine has a faint light when it is working. Check to see if files are transferring.
1614530
I have never wanted to disconnect the blue led because I like to know when the drive is active. Sorry, I'm not much help. I really like the drive, It does everything I want it to do. It's quiet and it runs cool.
401444
Mine does the same thing and it works perfectly - my suggestion is don't worry about the lights - also, sometimes you have to give the system time to change so don't be in a big rush - good luck, I really like it.
1278225
I can check later when I take it offline. Right now the green disk access light is flashing rapidly indicating a lot of disk activity. In other words, it is currently recording some TV via my Snapstream / Beyond TV recording software. I'll get back to this maybe next week. I do know that it is 7200 RPM.
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make sure all your programs that pertain to your workings of the hard drive are closed and nothing is running. sometimes it takes a little while but it works for me. i've unplugged the hard drive without waiting at times and never lost anything. don't recommend it though.
1660210
Do you get blinking red lights? The exact same thing happened to me. It turned out that the HDD wasn't properly secured to the trey. Remove the HDD trey and reinsert it. That should fix the problem.
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I'm not sure...I don't leave it on when it's not in use. I only turn it on when I go to back up my files and then I power down after I'm done/eject.
531532
This is most likely due to your motherboard not recognizing the connection as "hot swappable". My MB has only one port which is "hot swappable" I have a case with an external HD port that is plugged into that port and I can "hot swap" a drive with no problem. I have six HDs plugged into my BAY HDD Power Switch. #1 is my system SSD, #2 is my primary Storage. #3-6 are for photo and video storage after editing, etc. I bought the switch because there is no sense in starting up drives #3-6 every time I start my PC. If I am just checking email or Facebook, I even turn off #2.