Hard Drive Led Problems with New Motherboard

[Selbio]

I put the Orange on the + on pin 1 and the white one on pin-3 right above it. 2 and 4 are the power led which works just fine so I couldn't have crossed it.

[Fozzer]

I'm baffled now... ...!

Have you tried saying "BUGGAR" very loudly...
Then going outside and standing in the pouring rain for a while...?

...that's what I do... ...!

LOL...!

Paul.

...any more suggestions...?
LOL...!

Is there any chance that you have got the two LEDS mixed-up....
Power on: Normally Green.
HDD: Normally Red.

[Selbio]

Well I can try saying "BUGGAR" very loudly but then I'd have to go outside and stand on a very hot and sunny day lol.

Anyways..........
How about re-flashing the BIOS and the Clear  DMI Data Pool and the Clear PnP Pool?

[Fozzer]

Anyways..........
How about re-flashing the BIOS and the Clear  DMI Data Pool and the Clear PnP Pool?

WOWZERS....!
You are on dangerous ground now....according to Fozzer...!!

See what Congo suggests about this route....
...it terrifies me... ...!

LOL...!

Paul.....it's stopped raining... ...!

[congo]

Check the case/LED end of the wires to see if they were wired correctly to begin with, behind the front panel......

Leave bios alone, it's not related to this prob.

[congo]

If this problem persists, look not upon the board as faulty, but rather that it's telling you something is wrong.

Check your IDE cabling and that IDE device jumpers are set correctly......ie. Master / Slave settings correct, or that your HDD is on the end of the IDE 0 cable if you are using "cable select" jumper position, (the master position by cable select).

[Selbio]

Already checked all that and it's all good.

[congo]

eek

[Selbio]

I did and it was the CD-ROM. no matter how I'd set the jumper it would cause that problem and other incompatibility problems.

[congo]

Well there you have it.

[Selbio]

Well the setup was, Master AoPen DVD-RW+ Slave LG CD-ROm.

Somewhow the LG CD-ROm was doing all that. I removed it and it's all working good. the hard drive led and everything.

Thanks everybody for helping me out.

[Ivan]

Solution: put the correct order on the cable. The ATA-66 cables are position sensitive again...

Why is there a blue, a black, and a gray connector on my Ultra ATA/66 cable?

The 40-pin, 80-conductor cables support the Cable Detect feature. The blue (end) connector should be connected to the system board. The black (end) connector is known as the master position. The gray (middle) connector can be used for slave devices. Although an Ultra ATA/66 device should work fine in either the black or the gray connector, if you are having difficulty, consider troubleshooting with the drive in the black connector.

Isn't the first time stuff refuses to work when the cables are the wrong side around... Cable select never worked at all