A confusing thing with my HD.. Please Help.

[Gagan]

This is my situation.
I'm using RH 7.0. and have a maxtor 40 gb hd.

When I boot up linux, my hard drive light on my computer case stays on no stop. Even if i log in and do anything it just stays on. When I log in as root.. and start x-windows(startx) it goes off and works normally(only blinks when i do some disk io). then if i log off as root and log in as any user it still works normally.

also if i boot into windows it works like it should.

any ideas how to fix this?? am i going to burn out my HD if the light just stays on all the time... dunno what to do.. please help...

thanks..
gagan.

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[bdg1983]

You'll burn out the light.

Can you hear any disk i/o activity when the light stays on? If not, then I wouldn't worry about it. If you can, then a little more investigation would be necessary.

Anyone else?

[The Whizzard]

Do you have another IDE device connected, but don't have the power connected? Or, can you hear your CD-ROM spinning. The HDD light indicates any and all IDE activity, including in some rare instances, a device connected but not powered.