HDD Led Mod
Just completed my HDD led mod. I now have a HDD led that is green for no access, blue for scsi access, red for ide access and purple to both, and it looks amazing. :) I'm pretty tired now though, so you'll have to wait for tm for pics.
Also my power LED is now red for on and blue for suspended. :) |
I really like the sound of that! My rare black MS Natural
keyboard is done in green, orange, blue, and looks really nice. I can't wait to see you mod, and how you did it! |
Yes, tell us how you did it. I'm especially interested in how the power LED goes blue when suspended. Is there a signal given by the mb in suspend mode?
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that sounds really cool butch.
I guess he did the standby one by using the 5vsb line |
Here's the pic:
http://www-users.york.ac.uk/~rec108/hdd-led.jpg left to right: no access, scsi, both, ide, suspend. Suspend signal is from the suspend header on the board. IDE and scsi both have their own led headers. Main power is 12V off a molex. As for how it's done, 3 opto-isolators, 3 not gates, a nor gate and some transistors for LED drive. Circuit diagram to follow :) |
Do all new mbs have suspend headers?
Edward |
Should do, this is on my KT7A.
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Nice idea, Butcher. Compact and still functional.
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mm gates, brings back boolean algebra nightmares;) something Kevin will get to experience soon enough, (EE right?)
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was that "EE right?" directed to me or kev? :p
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kevin is studying electronics somewhere, so I'm guessing it was directed at him
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I lust for more info. You using multiple LED's? How are you combining the light from the LED's into one output? I'm all confused.
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That is [H]ARD
Cool!! Could you post the circut diagram? And where you got the kool rgb led? If you look at www.bit-tech.net, Macroman did something similar, but only with power and HD activity.
Lookin' foward to that diagram! :drool: |
Yes bit-tech is where I got the idea, I modified their circuit around a bit to give me the dual input functionality. :)
As for ciurcuit diagram, it's coming when I get time. |
do you have time right now?
(your sitting in the chat room as I type this, so don't tell me you're busy :P ) |
Idling in chat is not the same as not being busy.
To answer, no I dont :p |
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