Found a neat little visual HDD activity indicator app.
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Bouncing Zabaglione Bros.
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Hmm, is it worth $20 to not lean back a little in your chair?
Blazkowicz
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with a few meters or feets of thin cable you can also have a real HDD LED wherever you want 
or why not some cable between the HDD LED pins and the parallel port (it's +5V no?), and make a small program that does the same thing by reading the input on LPT1.
or why not some cable between the HDD LED pins and the parallel port (it's +5V no?), and make a small program that does the same thing by reading the input on LPT1.
Hey...I like supporting the little guys.
Anyway I recently purchased a brand new empty multiplexer chassis for only a few dollars and plan to use it for a custom modded pc. The chassis has no LEDs but there are some holes for LEDs and one for a power switch. During my search for a hardware solution I found this app which is pretty neat. I've found quite a few hardware solutions though. I will be getting this http://www.dragonmodz.net/product_info.php?cPath=22&products_id=39 but will use my own LED array.
Something like this http://www.micsaund.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/02/bargraph.avi
http://www.micsaund.com/2006/02/19/homebrew-microcontroller-based-hard-drive-led-bar-graph/
Then again I might just go all out and buy a fullblown parallel port driven LCD/VFD display which would end up being more expensive but more functional too. I would also need to make a big rectangular cutout.
http://www.lcdgallery.net/?f=view&lcdid=258
...then again why not just do both?
Anyway I recently purchased a brand new empty multiplexer chassis for only a few dollars and plan to use it for a custom modded pc. The chassis has no LEDs but there are some holes for LEDs and one for a power switch. During my search for a hardware solution I found this app which is pretty neat. I've found quite a few hardware solutions though. I will be getting this http://www.dragonmodz.net/product_info.php?cPath=22&products_id=39 but will use my own LED array.
Something like this http://www.micsaund.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/02/bargraph.avi
http://www.micsaund.com/2006/02/19/homebrew-microcontroller-based-hard-drive-led-bar-graph/
Then again I might just go all out and buy a fullblown parallel port driven LCD/VFD display which would end up being more expensive but more functional too. I would also need to make a big rectangular cutout.
http://www.lcdgallery.net/?f=view&lcdid=258
...then again why not just do both?
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