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    Dell Xps M1330 Please Help

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by alynch75, Mar 21, 2008.

  1. alynch75

    alynch75 Notebook Evangelist

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    So I got an XPS m1330 from the dell outlet a good deal and price. can someone tell me is there a hard drive led on this laptop. maybe mine is broken but i need to find out. I don't see a hard drive led anywhere on this thing. Maybe i have a defective system. Please advise.
     
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    FearTheTerp Notebook Consultant

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    In the front, to the right of the power light.
     
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    alynch75 Notebook Evangelist

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    i dont see one
     
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    it's next to the power LED, and the audio jacks, but it will only flash when the HD is used. Is it important to see that?
     
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    I think it is important to see one. It can differentiate between a frozen program, and a program that is just chugging across the hard drive.
     
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    There are other, more accurate ways of telling that, but to each his own I guess. I just thought they sounded a bit distressed about it, when to me it's like a broken logo or something. The thing still functions, not anything to get wound up about, but I probably misinterpreted the tone.
     
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    i just want to have what i paid for and if it doesn't work i may return it. will be a bummer cuz its a T9300 C2D i got a great price on it
     
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    so you didn't find the light in between the power light and the SD slot, I take it? Do you at least see the outline where it should be? A little bit of the light from my power light bleeds through, so you should at least be able to tell where it should be.
     
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    I was looking at the wrong spot. I found it. I feel almost kinda silly. I didn't look by the SD slot I was looking where the power button is. Please forgive me guys. I made a mistake
     
    alynch75, Mar 21, 2008
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