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Tavelkyosoba   06-10-2004 at 07:45:39 AM

hey guys,

im building a new case for my compy(i like building stuff and i find myself with lots of time in the summer, so this will be a fun little project.) but i need to have at least some idea of what voltage the motherboards front panel connectors supply so i can use a proper LED for the power-on and hard drive activity indicators.

if you dont know, will an LED with a higher specified voltage still work at lower voltages? im not real into electronics, i dont know these things :-)

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Crashman   06-10-2004 at 09:18:50 AM
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Last I checked it was 5v. I'm guessing a 6v LED would probably work if necessary.

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Tavelkyosoba   06-10-2004 at 09:25:52 PM
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thanks, radioshack has some 5.3 volt LED's, so ill use those.

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Crashman   06-10-2004 at 11:49:27 PM
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That might just be what computer cases are using, simply because 5v lines often spike nearly that high.

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