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    hard drive light keeps flashing on my new Dell inspiron 5520. why is that?

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by tony78201, Dec 5, 2012.

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    tony78201 Notebook Enthusiast

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    hi everyone. I just received my new inspiron 5520 3rd gen. I love it, learning windows 8 at the same time, but I was wondering about a flickering light. there are 4 indicators on the front left side of the laptop, and the second one, which is from what youtube clips I've seen is the "hard drive indicator", it flickers all the time. is there a problem here, or is that normal?
     
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    thanks for all the help everyone
     
    tony78201, Dec 11, 2012
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    yeuemmaimai Notebook Consultant

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    Yes it's normal for the HDD light to periodically blink... not a problem
     
    yeuemmaimai, Dec 16, 2012
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