Voltage on LED Lights

Discussion in 'Hardware' started by cepy123, Jan 16, 2006.

  1. cepy123

    cepy123 Specialist

    I need to know what the voltage on the led lights for the power light and the harddrive light.I'm building a case and was going to use the lights from other cases but can't get them to mount right. So I am going just to buy them. I'm useing a server case that will has 11 -5inch bays. 8 cd/dvd, 1- Duplicator. 1- Reader. Then a cd/dvd For the Computer i'm installing in it as well.(thought I might explain a little) . Thanks Chuck I Know .Some people have to much time on hands.
     
  2. Insomniac

    Insomniac Billy Ray Cyrus #1 Fan

    LED's can be any voltage. It's the resistor (in the circuit) that regulates the voltage.

    They have colour coded bands if you want to work it out, or just take it to an electronics shop and they will tell you.
     
  3. cepy123

    cepy123 Specialist

    was wanting to know what the voltage is that feeds the led lights from the motherboard.I found the lights I needed , Got them from a tower I had .Thanks Chuck
     
  4. Insomniac

    Insomniac Billy Ray Cyrus #1 Fan

    Not sure of the voltage a motherboard puts out. Try a multimeter.
     
  5. cepy123

    cepy123 Specialist

    Thanks Insomniac , I used a led from another case,The power led is working ok but the HD is staying on .The PC is running fine.I'll mess with it more tonight ,Got to go make the Bacon .Thanks again Chuck
     
  6. cepy123

    cepy123 Specialist

    My harddrive led is staying on , Anyone have any ideas.I have put the leds that came with that motherboard to see if there was any difference.I can feel the harddrive running when I open something and when it stops led still on ,task manager is'nt showing any thing running and led is still on. This is a eMachine I installed in a different case. Thanks in advance Chuck
     
  7. Insomniac

    Insomniac Billy Ray Cyrus #1 Fan

    It sounds like you have the wires around the other way where they plug into the motherboard. (the hard drive LED wires)
     
  8. cepy123

    cepy123 Specialist

    I had the CD drive&floppy IDE cables pluged in but didn't have the power pluged in. once I hooked the power to them the HD led started worked right.I changed the leds about three times before I tryed pluging power to the other drives .Sorry about that Thanks for replying Chuck. Got them all working know.
     
  9. Insomniac

    Insomniac Billy Ray Cyrus #1 Fan

    No problems, glad it's sorted.
     

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