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Quadra 700 HDD LED
Posted by: nocturnum on 2015-07-31 15:17:07 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!
Posted by: 360alaska on 2015-07-31 15:59:48 Mine is green 🙂
Posted by: Macdrone on 2015-07-31 16:39:59 Just get an led from radio shack and make it any color you want.
Posted by: nocturnum on 2015-07-31 16:48:15 Mine is green 🙂 Some say this particular LED came with later revisions, some have red ones since new, like this guy ... ... and yours is green, which is even more puzzling. I thought HDD LEDs always came in standard red/orange. 🙂
Posted by: TheWhiteFalcon on 2015-07-31 16:59:37 I have the housing but no LED in mine. I'm not sure the drive even has a spot to attach one.
Posted by: nocturnum on 2015-07-31 17:42:43 Just get an led from radio shack and make it any color you want. I'm leaning towards this option. 🙂 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!
Posted by: CC_333 on 2015-08-02 12:01:33 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
Posted by: markyb86 on 2015-08-02 12:50:10 My SE had a greenish yellow one
Posted by: nocturnum on 2015-08-02 13:39:12 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.
Posted by: techknight on 2015-08-18 17:44:05 Well, if this counts for anything, I changed the power LED in my Mac IIx to blue. 😉
Posted by: EvilCapitalist on 2015-08-19 03:42:56 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.
Posted by: olePigeon on 2015-09-09 11:08:37 I've seen green, red, and orange in IIcis. I'd imagine the same for Quadras.
Posted by: olePigeon on 2015-09-09 11:09:44 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.)
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