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Re: cd drive light...

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From: Lambchop
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:00
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I got 2 PC at home.... both IDE.

One light up all the time when there is CD in the drive....
But start to blink when I run it.

The other only light up when the CD is being read.

I guess.... depend on the CDrive design (?)


Quentin Christensen wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I have a Turando 48x cd rom drive.  The CD drive light goes on when
> there is a cd in the drive but not reading, and the hdd light goes on
> when a cd is being read (and when the hdd is being read).
>
> Does anyone know if there is a program, or some other way, to make it
> behave "normally" - ie, the cd drive light goes on when a cd is being
> read?
>
> It is just a small problem, but annoying nonetheless :)
>
> Thanks for any help.
>
> Quentin.
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Date: 1998/11/12
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