- May 12, 2004
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Briefly, the new case I want doesn't have a HDD activity light on it. (Neither does my EXISTING case.)
I previously resolved this issue by gerryrigging a low amp LED from RadioShack to a wire connected to the HDD activity light pins on my motherboard, then taped the bulb where I could see it through the case side-window. Inelegant & ugly, but it works.
I don't know why so many cases don't include an activity light anymore. They are crucial for determining if your PC has crashed or is just busy. I guess they figure computers don't crash anymore (Bwahhhahahaha.)
Does anyone sell a more elegant solution? Maybe something that mounts in an unused external drive bay? (Don't tell me about Windows Tray apps that do the same thing. They suck and don't apply when I'm using another OS.)
I previously resolved this issue by gerryrigging a low amp LED from RadioShack to a wire connected to the HDD activity light pins on my motherboard, then taped the bulb where I could see it through the case side-window. Inelegant & ugly, but it works.
I don't know why so many cases don't include an activity light anymore. They are crucial for determining if your PC has crashed or is just busy. I guess they figure computers don't crash anymore (Bwahhhahahaha.)
Does anyone sell a more elegant solution? Maybe something that mounts in an unused external drive bay? (Don't tell me about Windows Tray apps that do the same thing. They suck and don't apply when I'm using another OS.)
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