Read/Write LED

valdai

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valdai

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So pretty standard on most PCs is the HDD read/write LED right? I mean it's helpful for telling whether your pc is crashing or just taking a long time and such stuff.

Well I built my own PC not that long ago and, unsurprisingly, having not installed one, I don't have one. Now it's not like there's a spare LED hanging around in my case that I haven't used; so I was just wondering how I can obtain and install one?

Also if anyone has any ideas where I could put it, if I ever get one, on a case such as the Antec 300, that would be great.

Cheers.

Edit: Spec in sig.
 
Oh ok, I thought I had plugged everything in but on having a more thorough look I actually haven't. There's one called HDA, could that be it? It's coupled with one that says AC'97, though I seem to remember looking these up in the manual and deciding they weren't important for me.

Also they are both 8-pin (minus one slot) which seems a bit much. I guess at this stage I should really be getting the manuals out but I'll throw it out there just in case anyone has a quick answer :)
 
Thanks Meatloaf that did the trick. I had them plugged in but sure enough they were the wrong way round. I actually had power and HDD ones wrong way round so I hadn't really spotted the LEDs there until today.

If you don't mind me asking, what's a Q-connector? Kinda like a raised version of the pins below to join all the disparate ones together?

Thanks for all the quick replies everyone.
 
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