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

Richard Cobbe cobbe at directlink.net
Sat Sep 25 19:55:37 CDT 1999


Hi, guys.

This is off-topic, but I'm not sure who else to ask.

I just got a SCSI hard drive, and it works beautifully, with one exception
-- the drive activity LED on the front of my machine is completely unaware
of this new drive.

Both the motherboard and the drive itself have jumpers to which a cable
could be connected to allow the drive to flash the light, but this cable
was not included with the drive.  The two connectors look about like the
connectors you stick jumpers on, or more appropriately, the other
motherboard connectors for the front panel LEDs, RESET button, and so
forth -- just two pins.

Question: where can I get such a cable?  I've tried Radio Shack,
MicroCenter, Fry's, all to no avail.  I'm pig-headed enough to be willing
to go a fair distance to get this stupid thing, but the closer to Plano,
the better.  Fry's did have what appeared to be the connectors and the
cabling, but I don't have the time, the skill, or the tools necessary to
build the thing myself.

If anyone knows where I can get such a cable, do please let me know.

Thanks much,

Richard




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