You can swap the power LED and HD LED on a motherboard with no ill effects (I've miss-plugged them, plenty of times) so if you just want to know if you can plug the power LED into the HD LED header, then the quick answer is yes. Chris
On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 4:06 PM, ./aal <aalh...@gmail.com> wrote: > thanks, but what is the power rating(watts) > or maxCurrent > > On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 3:43 PM, Chris McQuistion <cmcquist...@watkins.edu > > wrote: > >> I just threw my multimeter on the power led connector on my motherboard >> and it measured 5V DC. >> Chris >> >> >> On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 3:21 PM, ./aal <aalh...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> >>> any idea where one might find that? >>> or if there is a standard level they all meet >>> >>> >>> I have a case with no hdd led on it, but there is a multi-led circuit >>> in the lid that usually feeds from a power connector tap and I can >>> change the connector to mate it with the hdled on the mobo but dont >>> yet know if I should. I am not a fan of freeing the magic smoke from >>> my desktop. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> -- NOT sent from an iphone,blackberry,Nokia, or any handheld. -- >>> >>> I'm a PC(x86 AND ppc) >>> AND I RUN LINUX!!! >>> Linux is like ice cream. It comes in many flavors and everyone has >>> their favorite, but we all get the same smile regardless of which we >>> choose to scoop. >>> - >>> Samuel Goldwyn - "You've got to take the bitter with the sour." - >>> http://www.quotationspage.com/quote/23534.html >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> > > > -- > -- NOT sent from an iphone,blackberry,Nokia, or any handheld. -- > > I'm a PC(x86 AND ppc) > AND I RUN LINUX!!! > Linux is like ice cream. It comes in many flavors and everyone has their > favorite, but we all get the same smile regardless of which we choose to > scoop. > - > Unknown <http://www.quotationspage.com/quote/1070.html> - "It's hard to > be nostalgic when you can't remember anything." > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to nlug-talk@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nlug-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
