Re: Newbie question: circuit for harddrive indicator

From: Kunal (kunalshenoy_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 01/06/05 

Date: 6 Jan 2005 10:33:35 -0800

You can use Pin 39 on the IDE connector to detect activity on the hard
drive.

Simply connect it to a transistor driver and put the LEDs as loads.
Let me know if you need help with the actual circuit.

Kunal

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