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Quadra 700 HDD LED

68kMLA 68k 13 posts Jul 31, 2015 to Sep 9, 2015

#1 Fri, 31 Jul 2015 - 23:17 68kMLA

Hello guys,

I need a little bit of help with finding a red HDD LED for some of my Quadras 700. It looks like it should be the same as the green power LED, but I am not really into hit and miss purchases. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

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#2 Fri, 31 Jul 2015 - 23:59 68kMLA

Mine is green

#3 Sat, 1 Aug 2015 - 00:39 68kMLA

Just get an led from radio shack and make it any color you want.

#4 Sat, 1 Aug 2015 - 00:48 68kMLA

360alaska said:
Mine is green

Some say this particular LED came with later revisions, some have red ones since new, like this guy ...

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... and yours is green, which is even more puzzling. I thought HDD LEDs always came in standard red/orange.

#5 Sat, 1 Aug 2015 - 00:59 68kMLA

I have the housing but no LED in mine. I'm not sure the drive even has a spot to attach one.

#6 Sat, 1 Aug 2015 - 01:42 68kMLA

Macdrone said:
Just get an led from radio shack and make it any color you want.

I'm leaning towards this option.

TheWhiteFalcon said:
I have the housing but no LED in mine. I'm not sure the drive even has a spot to attach one.

I have checked my HDDs and found that they all have connectors, just in different places. For instance, Quantum drives have a separate one, while IBMs share them with the mode selection jumper pins.

Thanks everyone!

#7 Sun, 2 Aug 2015 - 20:01 68kMLA

I've found that with the early (pre-FDHD/SuperDrive) SE's have red HDD activity LEDs, while the later SE's and SE/30's have amber colored LEDs instead, so the variation isn't totally puzzling to me.

However, I didn't even know the Q700 had one at all!

Now I need to see if mine has one. I can't remember if it does or not.

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#8 Sun, 2 Aug 2015 - 20:50 68kMLA

My SE had a greenish yellow one

#9 Sun, 2 Aug 2015 - 21:39 68kMLA

CC_333 said:
I've found that with the early (pre-FDHD/SuperDrive) SE's have red HDD activity LEDs, while the later SE's and SE/30's have amber colored LEDs instead, so the variation isn't totally puzzling to me.

However, I didn't even know the Q700 had one at all!

Now I need to see if mine has one. I can't remember if it does or not.

c

The same thing was with the x86 PCs, 486 being the last generation with the red ones.

On the Q700, if you look closely, you will notice a spot where the LED should be.

#10 Wed, 19 Aug 2015 - 01:44 68kMLA

Well, if this counts for anything, I changed the power LED in my Mac IIx to blue.

#11 Wed, 19 Aug 2015 - 11:42 68kMLA

nocturnum said:
The same thing was with the x86 PCs, 486 being the last generation with the red ones.

On the Q700, if you look closely, you will notice a spot where the LED should be.

I never thought about that but yeah, my 386 has three status LEDs: green (power), red (HD activity), yellowish orange (turbo!), but my 486 and Pentium changed the red for green, the others stayed the same.

#12 Wed, 9 Sep 2015 - 19:08 68kMLA

I've seen green, red, and orange in IIcis. I'd imagine the same for Quadras.

#13 Wed, 9 Sep 2015 - 19:09 68kMLA

techknight said:
Well, if this counts for anything, I changed the power LED in my Mac IIx to blue.

I did the same on my IIci, but I've regretted it.

I'm going to swap it to Red (vintage, defused, not one of those super bright ones.)