But no one *ever* mentions whether the Kingston drives have flashing LED to indicate copy activity, please! Could someone please post here whether or not the Kingston has an LED indicator light to let one know that data is being copied? Or a light that shows if is on or is safe to remove?Would really appreciate this info, as this is what keeps me back from buying Kingston. The other drive makers *all* have lights, but I cannot find the light mentioned or pictured with the Kingstons -- insufficient info is frustrating for the shopper! But no one *ever* mentions whether the Kingston drives have flashing LED to indicate copy activity, please! Could someone please post here whether or not the Kingston has an LED indicator light to... » Read More But no one *ever* mentions whether the Kingston drives have flashing LED to indicate copy activity, please! Could someone please post here whether or not the Kingston has an LED indicator light to let one know that data is being copied? Or a light that shows if is on or is safe to remove?Would really appreciate this info, as this is what keeps me back from buying Kingston. The other drive makers *all* have lights, but I cannot find the light mentioned or pictured with the Kingstons -- insufficient info is frustrating for the shopper! « Show Less
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oh. well, thanks for the info, but for me that's a deal breaker. Nice prices on the Kingstons, tho.It is mandatory for me to watch the broad blue LED on my Sony Microvault when it flashes, reassuring me that copying and/or saving are happening in the right place. It is a platter drive, however, and I am on a quest for a flash drive to back up my back up. It must be high capacity, fast, stylin, and have a flashy LED. Any suggestions?Plus I love to pause and admire the starry heaven of my office when I shut down for the night, lit up by all the gorgeous blue, red, and green LEDs - it is a veritable tech paradise... oh. well, thanks for the info, but for me that's a deal breaker. Nice prices on the Kingstons, tho.It is mandatory for me to watch the broad blue LED on my Sony Microvault when it flashes, reassuring me that copying and/or saving are happening in the right place. It is a platter drive, however, and I am on a quest for a flash drive to back up my back up. It must be high capacity, fast, stylin, and have a flashy LED. Any suggestions?Plus I love to pause and admire the starry heaven of my office when I shut down for the night, lit up by all the... » Read More oh. well, thanks for the info, but for me that's a deal breaker. Nice prices on the Kingstons, tho.It is mandatory for me to watch the broad blue LED on my Sony Microvault when it flashes, reassuring me that copying and/or saving are happening in the right place. It is a platter drive, however, and I am on a quest for a flash drive to back up my back up. It must be high capacity, fast, stylin, and have a flashy LED. Any suggestions?Plus I love to pause and admire the starry heaven of my office when I shut down for the night, lit up by all the gorgeous blue, red, and green LEDs - it is a veritable tech paradise... « Show Less
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I don't know why a few people say it has no LED. I just purchased this same model (4gb Data Traveler 100) from another store and it DOES have an LED light that blinks when their is activity. Maybe their stick is defective and their light is burned out or something, but there definitely is one. Its a green light behind the logo.
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This Kingston has no LED for when data is transfering or when it's ok to remove. I get a screen progress bar however and the Systray icon on right-click will give you the 'stop' and ok to remove message(s)
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I honestly did not notice the LED until I read this post. Sure enough, there it is.
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p/n: 9tn158-301fw version: cc34if Your looking to get one beware I bought 2 of these and both died within a year. both where used as extended storage drives. need a logic board lol?
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The rear bay and/or "highest-numbered bay" (#2 on the 2-bay unit, and #4 on the 4-bay unit) is normally the SOURCE (the one you copy "from"). The lower-numbered bays are usually the TARGET (Destination) drive bays. Read the writing on the devices, it is small, but it does list which is which. Double-check before using, because models change from time to time! Copy speed is acceptable, as far as I can tell. 500 GB drive, mostly-full, copied in less than 4 hours - I cannot give specifics, because it was finished when I came back 4 hours later.
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It stopped working earlier, but it was under warranty so Kingston replaced it. Keep your receipt. No issue with the new one.
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Was it Sold DIRECTLY from and/or "fulfilled by Amazon"? If not, there is a chance you have received a counterfeit which is actually a small capacity flash drive with falsified firmware that makes it report a much higher than true capacity. This has been an ongoing problem with many flash drives over the past few years.Try filling the drive with much smaller files and see how much it will hold before reporting a problem to the user, and whether the first and last files written can be successfully read later to determine if the actual capacity is as specified.
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From my research before ordering, it appears that the "v1" model of this drive had Lightscribe capability, while "v2" does not. There are a lot of complaints on various sellers websites from the transition period when folks ordered based on "v1" product descriptions and received "v2" drives.I ordered and received a "v2" drive, and it does not have any reference to Lightscribe anywhere on the box or case or in the manual. So, no; it does not currently have Lightscribe.
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Good points. It's still relatively new, and I wonder especially how the hard drive model has held up. My new one arrived DOA, and now I'm really struggling over whether to ask Amazon for a refund or an exchange. This baby may be intended to be Solid State all the way, which means the hard drive models will be unwanted period pieces in another year or two.
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Thanks Dean, the drive was working so the format is probably OK. When you plug in the USB the charge light comes on but the data side is obviously not working as the drive is not recognised. You can hear the disks spinning but they are very quiet. Thanks again for your help. Regards: Brendan
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Only in 10 years. Kingston made this drive simply to prove it was possible (since other manufacturers refused to do it stating its impossibility). It will take a long while before this becomes common, and even longer before it becomes cheap.
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That raises the question: What is the "proper packaging" for this drive? And the corollary question: How do you know it when you see it? What I do know is that mine has worked without a qualm since I bought it.
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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.
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Just checked one of mine (using a great tool called "Crystal Disk Info". Great Tool, just choose "Custom install" {not express} and opt out of anything else, it's just bogus ads)So the speed says 5400RPM and it says 8Meg of flash (RAM). The actual internal hard drive is: wd10jmvw-11ajgs1 Look it up for more specs on the drive inside. Enjoy!
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I just got the drive. It is the same model as before. But simply replacing the pcb board does not work. The original pcb board is working fine as tested by mounting it to the new drive. There is some serious problem inside the sealed chamber like reading arms or some mechanical failure. I don't want to mess it up now. I have to eat the pain of losing my data. I used to always trust WD but now I changed my mind. Maybe looking for a seagate one for replacement. Next time I will build a Raid.
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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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Sounds like it may be defective, mine has a faint light when it is working. Check to see if files are transferring.
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There is only one indicator but it is solid when plugged in and flashing when writing. The black drive has a white light and the white drive has a blue light. Hope this helps.
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Yes, it has an activity LED. I haven't seen a USB flash drive without an activity LED in maybe a decade (they may well exist, but I haven't seen them).