viciouslancer Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 Is it just me or is the Y500 lacking an HDD activity light... can we somehow mod it to use a different light? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pan66000 Posted March 9, 2013 Share Posted March 9, 2013 Y480 is also no HDD light. Why? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stormlight Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 Ya, I believe all the "home" version of Lenovo notebook do not come with HD light. I bought X230 and Y580 recently. X230 has HD led but not Y580. It's lame imo. You can download system tray HD activity icon. There are a few available. Try to google it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psyrecx Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 I wanted to see the HDD activity light on my mSATA drive flash, but it's blocked by the plastic casing on the Y500. Probably could mod it, but that's a future endeavor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
code_theory Posted July 5, 2013 Share Posted July 5, 2013 I wanted to see the HDD activity light on my mSATA drive flash, but it's blocked by the plastic casing on the Y500. Probably could mod it, but that's a future endeavor.Pardon me, I'm not very familiar with mSATA drives, but if I understand you correctly you're saying that the Y500 series actually comes with a stock HDD indicator LED and that it functions, but the casing doesn't have a slot for it and covers it so that it effectively doesn't exist?... seriously? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whatisit Posted July 6, 2013 Share Posted July 6, 2013 Most internal HDD's and SSD's do not have an indicator light, as far as I am aware. Just like code_theory suggested. External cases and computers have them, but that's because the wiring is designed to visually indicate when data is being transferred. I'm not sure about the Y500, but the Y400 definitely has four lights the left side of the case. It's right near the SD slot. There's a light for battery, external power cord, HDD light, and one for Caps lock. The HDD light is actually always on, and I've noticed that it turns off (or blinks) when there's activity. So, it's basically inverted from what you may be accustomed to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XXBrain Posted July 25, 2013 Share Posted July 25, 2013 The HDD activity led is one of the things I really miss on my Y500 and I can only accept taht because of the price. There are some situations I want to know if the notebook is still working or does nothing. Without the led it is not possible.I use Drives Meter now but thats just a dissappointing compromise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
epicepe Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 Most internal HDD's and SSD's do not have an indicator light, as far as I am aware. Just like code_theory suggested. External cases and computers have them, but that's because the wiring is designed to visually indicate when data is being transferred. I'm not sure about the Y500, but the Y400 definitely has four lights the left side of the case. It's right near the SD slot. There's a light for battery, external power cord, HDD light, and one for Caps lock. The HDD light is actually always on, and I've noticed that it turns off (or blinks) when there's activity. So, it's basically inverted from what you may be accustomed to.No, that's a trackpad-disabled light -- On mine, at least, it has power, battery, trackpad, caps, in that order. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samuel Pulpan Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 (edited) It is possible to enable it I found a schematic about it. You need change a position of 1 jumper, Shown in attached image. After this edit LED 4 will be work as HDD LED. Edited July 9, 2018 by Samuel Pulpan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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