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two leds off of one motherboard header?

shouldnt be a problem. might not be as bright as if you only had one hooked up
 
A.D.FIFTY said:
shouldnt be a problem. might not be as bright as if you only had one hooked up
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Cool. Actually, that would be a plus for me as I don't like really bright leds, just a subtle glow.
 
First of all, the answer is Yes. I think something you might look into though, is putting a relay on the led header, triggered by the motherboard, and then using a seperate power input for the LED itself, thus allowing more brightness. Ive done this a few times in friends cases, and its very successful. Take note that if you do not use a solid state relay, you need to protect the motherboard from Back EMF. this is simply a cap across the + and - and a diode and then the relay.

edit: that would be sweet to use the LED for hard drive status, or relocate your NIC card ACT LED to that location.....
 
Darkala said:
First of all, the answer is Yes. I think something you might look into though, is putting a relay on the led header, triggered by the motherboard, and then using a seperate power input for the LED itself, thus allowing more brightness. Ive done this a few times in friends cases, and its very successful. Take note that if you do not use a solid state relay, you need to protect the motherboard from Back EMF. this is simply a cap across the + and - and a diode and then the relay.

edit: that would be sweet to use the LED for hard drive status, or relocate your NIC card ACT LED to that location.....
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Yeah, I thought about using the stock power led for something else, just wasn't sure what. Think you could point me in the direction of the relay I'd need if I went that route? I'm no expert, but I do have basic soldering skills and I'm confident I could do a simple job like that.
 
It's a power LED, right? Why not just wire it to the 5v rail on your PSU? Unless you need it to blink the power LED when it's in suspend or something.
 
Newark Electronics or Digikey. you would be looking for one that can handle a 12V LED or whatever that switches LED might be, and a coil trigger voltage low enough that the motherboards power switches the relay. you simply connect the motherboards pins to the "coil" pins on the relay, and then connect the LED positive source to the common, and the LED positive lead to the normally open(unless you want the led on normally, and go off with activity/power). and then run the LED negitive to the ground you are using for the circuit

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