> Around the time of Usenix, it developed a quirk, which is that the IDE drive
> activity light stays pegged.  All the time.

Same on a Tyan VIA-MVP3 base m/b.

> It does not do this under Windows.  It used to sometimes stop if I rebooted.
> Now it just stays that way all the time.

Maybe M$ has a patent on the hd leds ??