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Title: Purple / violet light?!
Post by: Quimbly on December 10, 2012, 06:24:23 PM

My DNS-323 has been running pretty well for the past year or so.  
Woke up this morning and noticed that the left most Drive LED is glowing a light purple / violet color.  

Looked this up in the manual, but there was only mention of amber color, for failed drives.

Question 1:  Is purple a valid status indicator for my drive?  If not, I'm guessing the LED is misbehaving or something...?  If it is valid, what does it mean??

Question 2:  How do I verify if both drives are still ok?

Thank you.

Title: Re: Purple / violet light?!
Post by: fordem on December 11, 2012, 07:36:13 AM

Search the forum for threads on pink, purple & white LEDs - the LED emits blue light when driven with a voltage of one polarity and amber when the polarity is reversed, but, if driven with a pulse train it emits both colors, and the resulting shade varies with the duty cycle of the pulse train.

It is "un-documented" and there are various theories as to what it may mean, including one that suggests that there is no available space.