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Hard Disk Indicator LED Pigtail

Posted by: maceffects on 2016-05-22 17:21:17 I have a Mac SE with a CF Aztecmonster drive, it has a connector for an LED indicator light, but it is not the same as the SE, but I would like to use the indicator light on the SE.  Willing to pay fair if you have the the connector and pigtail like the one in the picture.

Posted by: bigmessowires on 2016-05-22 18:06:41 This? https://www.adafruit.com/products/261

Posted by: maceffects on 2016-05-22 20:20:56 Not sure if that's it but I figure I'll try it. Only $0.75 plus sounds good, the $11 postage is a bit salty. Hopefully this is the same connector.

Posted by: bigmessowires on 2016-05-22 20:28:26 Post a close-up photo of the LED connector from a couple of different angles, with a ruler for reference. We can probably get a 100% match from that.

Posted by: olePigeon on 2016-05-23 08:19:53 I may have one for you.  I've noticed there are two connectors on the HDD LEDs.  The big green one and the small white one.  The small white one was used on Macs with the 40MB HDD option, the big green one was used on Macs with the 80MB or bigger.  Looks like your Aztec Monster uses the white one.

Posted by: maceffects on 2016-05-23 12:41:01 OlePigeon, if you have the pigtail I need that would be awesome. I think this SE only came with a 20mb, but it's an older style larger connector.

Posted by: olePigeon on 2016-05-24 18:19:39 Found an LED, but it's the wrong type of small white connector.  I'll keep looking.

Posted by: olePigeon on 2016-05-24 18:25:46 This might work.  It's a small connector:

Posted by: Macdrone on 2016-05-24 21:07:20 no you need like the cube fan(on the VRM board) one that is square, its smaller.

Posted by: olePigeon on 2016-05-25 09:00:43 Ah.  I don't have an LED for you, then.  Sorry.

Posted by: Scott Baret on 2016-05-25 22:25:48 I did something a little less conventional on one of my SEs. The pigtail (as everyone is calling it) from the LED in the bracket wasn't a match for the hard drive. I bought an LED without a connector (cost all of $1.50, plus I could get it in green, which apparently was a very rare LED color on SEs; I've only seen one of them from the factory). It had wires only at the end. I then soldered it to the hard drive's LED connector. It works great, just be warned you need a very steady hand to do this with some drive connectors!!

Posted by: olePigeon on 2016-05-26 08:07:02 I used single pin connector thingies intended for small connectors, soldered the wire to them as normal, then covered with heat shrink.  I can connect my IIci's LED to pretty much anything.

Posted by: maceffects on 2016-05-26 12:32:51 Just an update the Adafruit connector worked! Thanks for the recommendation! I am no longer in need of this connector, however, to the admins please leave this up in case anyone else needs one.

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