Vostro Wifi LED/light blinking

I posted this question in wireless/networking but maybe this is the more appropriate forum to get an answer.

I recently replaced my stock Dell 1390 wireless card with a sparklan wireless-N card based on the atheros ar5008 chipset. The card works fine but the wifi light (the one near the caps/number/scroll-lock LEDs and the power button) that stayed lit when the dell card was in now blinks. This blinking does not indicate traffic like the LED on a router. It's supposed to stay on.

Now, I know this may appear to be a cosmetic thing but it's really annoying having this light blinking over and over and over again. It seems to be an issue with the motherboard not liking the non-Dell hardware. Anyone have any suggestions on how to stop the blinking? I'd like it either to stay on or stay off. Either/or. Thanks in advance.

 

believe it or not, the light is software driven - on linux, the driver can turn off the LED, and there is code that the cpu has to run to make the light turn on, blink, etc. i don't know if you can configure with atheros on windows.

 

Wow.. I never would have guessed that. It does make sense though. I'm guessing it's a long shot to expect someone to develop a driver that would address an issue this minor. If anyone has any success in fixing this by any method, please pass the info on.