MSI X58 Pro: HDD LED does not work for S-ATA drive

[mighty]

Hi,

I've got a problem with my brand new MSI X58 Pro: I've got an S-ATA HDD (Samsung 640GB) and an S-ATA DVD drive (Pioneer) installed in a Compucase 6X Miditower. There is NO(!) IDE drive. I don't get the HDD LED to work! I've tried everything including a BIOS update to 7.1 - the LED stays out.
I found some reports in the internet from people having a similar problem: no HDD LED for S-ATA drive activity.

Is there anybody else having this problem? Isn't that possible in general? Is that a problem of the board? The HDD drive?

Greetings,
Michael

 

[Jack the Newbie]

You are talking about the status LED on your case, right?

- Is it properly connected to the right pins on the correct header?
- Double-check for +/- pins and make sure the plug is not connected the wrong way.
- Make sure, the LED is not defective.
- Make sure the cables are not defective.
- Make sure there is no problem with the pin-plug to the board.

 

[mighty]

Jack, yes - you're right: I'm talking about the status LED of the case. I checked the pins a thousand times now and I tried all possible combinations. The LED remains dark. The cable and the pin plug looks okay and the power LED works fine. I don't know how to check if the LED is defect.

Michael