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#468450 - 09/02/06 12:46 PM Modding a HD to accomodate a LED [Re: miketheblogger]
emax4 Registered: 09/01/06 Posts: 13 Loc: McKeesport, PA	I have two IDE hard drives, but none of them have external connectors for a(n) LED. i've checked the spec sheet from the manufacturers, but the only thing I might be able to mod are the pins on the IDE port themselves. There's a separate pin for read and write. Would I be able to connect either one of these to a wire leading to an LED with the other wire leading to a ground pin (without blowing up the drive)? Anything I would have to look out for ahead of time? Thanks for the help. _________________________ "Tuesday's in the 80's? I was in bed by 8... ...and home by 11. OH!" -Quagmire http://emax4.fortunecity.com
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#468451 - 09/03/06 03:04 AM Re: Modding a HD to accomodate a LED [Re: miketheblogger]
Waragainstsleep Registered: 02/13/05 Posts: 1723	The answer to this one is buried in the forums somewhere. You'll have to look I'm afraid.
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#468452 - 11/20/06 08:41 PM Re: Modding a HD to accomodate a LED [Re: miketheblogger]
TCPMeta MacModder Registered: 11/15/07 Posts: 1797 Loc: Florida, USA	Pin 37 on the IDE ribbon cable. + of the LED on the cable and - on the gound to the v ground on a power supply morlex connector. _________________________ To live is to let die
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