[NTLUG:Discuss] off-topic: scsi led cable?

[Richard Cobbe]

Stephen Klein wrote on 9-25-1999:

> Lesse if I can help,
> 
> SCSI adapters that are built onto the motherboard sometimes have a drive
> activity LED connection that is separate from the IDE controller.

Oh, sorry, forgot to mention that.  The SCSI adapter isn't on the
motherboard -- it's an AHA2940U2W, in a PCI slot as usual.  The motherboard
just has the traditional 2 IDE controllers.

However, the connector I originally mentioned *IS* on the motherboard.  The
assumption, although this is never stated in the manual, is that the front
drive-activity LED will go on if triggered by either the on-board IDE
controllers or this connector.

FWIW, the motherboard is the Intel AL440LX.

> You have to decide if you want to see IDE activity, or SCSI disk
> activity with the HD-LED.  Or, what I do, is if there is a SLEEP (power
> managment) LED, or maybe a TURBO LED (who needs those with Pentiums and
> later processors anyway?) you can use one of those for your SCSI drive,
> and leave your HD-LED connected to the IDE activity connector.  Use the
> colored wire as the pos(+) wire, and the black wire goes to ground.

Don't have a power management LED, but I do have a power management
button that I never use.  I'll have to see if I can't steal that cable.
There are also connectors for front-panel IR devices; if they have cables,
I might be able to steal those as well.

Thanks for your response,

Richard