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Hi,
My LED's finally arrived this morning and I've got another question. I bought a pair of these (one red, the other green). There's no info regarding the max limits on voltage or amps.
What I've done so far is to simply get a 3v disc battery (CR2025 - which I found in my iStation remote) and directly connect the LED's to that, which worked perfectly fine.
From my motherboard manual, I have the following info about the front panel header pins:
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Keeping in mind that I actually have little to no understanding of volts and amps, would it be safe to simply get my wire and attach it to the LED's at one end and the motherboard at the other?
Also, which pin would connect to what? Because to get the LED to light up, both pins have to connect to something which completes the circuit, right? When I pinched a battery between the pins on the LED, it would only light up if the anode was touching the positive side of the battery and the cathode was touching the other side. So how is the circuit completed with the header pins?
Thanks.
My LED's finally arrived this morning and I've got another question. I bought a pair of these (one red, the other green). There's no info regarding the max limits on voltage or amps.
What I've done so far is to simply get a 3v disc battery (CR2025 - which I found in my iStation remote) and directly connect the LED's to that, which worked perfectly fine.
From my motherboard manual, I have the following info about the front panel header pins:
Quote:
HD_LED Pin: 1 - HD_PWR - Out - Hard Disk LED pull-up to +5V Pin: 3 - HDA# - Out - Hard disk active LED PWRLED Pin: 2 - HDR_BLNK_GRN - Out - Front panel green light Pin: 4 - HDR_BLNK_YEL - Out - Front panel yellow light |
Also, which pin would connect to what? Because to get the LED to light up, both pins have to connect to something which completes the circuit, right? When I pinched a battery between the pins on the LED, it would only light up if the anode was touching the positive side of the battery and the cathode was touching the other side. So how is the circuit completed with the header pins?
Thanks.