define R6 led question:

[Windows95]

they give you a power LED and an HDD led

 

my question is.. if I plug both at the same time, isnt it kinda pointless? if I plug the power led one then it will be on all the time, so it doesn't matter if I plug the HDD LED on or not

 

so I asume if I want HDD LED activity I have to leave the power LED off and viceversa?

 

also: is there a way to get SSD LED activity?

[Fasauceome]

I don't remember the exact LED behavior of the define series but what I do remember is that it's not pointless to plug them both in.

2 minutes ago, Windows95 said:

is there a way to get SSD LED activity?

The SSD is seen as the hard drive on whatever board you're using. There used to be a problem with m.2 drives not being detected for LED behavior but on newer motherboards that shouldn't be a problem.

[TVwazhere]

The Define series uses the same LED for power as HDD activity. The difference is the HDD activity causes the light to turn off, rather than have a dedicated HDD led to turn on. Sorta like how some car tail lights use the brake light as a turn signal instead of having a separate light for it.

[Bartholomew]

24 minutes ago, Windows95 said:

they give you a power LED and an HDD led

 

my question is.. if I plug both at the same time, isnt it kinda pointless? if I plug the power led one then it will be on all the time, so it doesn't matter if I plug the HDD LED on or not

 

so I asume if I want HDD LED activity I have to leave the power LED off and viceversa?

 

also: is there a way to get SSD LED activity?

My define s2 dims the led with hdd activity, so when theres activity it seems to "pulse" irregularly.

 

 

[Windows95]

35 minutes ago, TVwazhere said:

The Define series uses the same LED for power as HDD activity. The difference is the HDD activity causes the light to turn off, rather than have a dedicated HDD led to turn on. Sorta like how some car tail lights use the brake light as a turn signal instead of having a separate light for it.

so basically i plug hdd led cable in power led slots annd leave the 2 small power led cables disabled?

[TVwazhere]

2 minutes ago, Windows95 said:

so basically i plug hdd led cable in power led slots annd leave the 2 small power led cables disabled?

No. Plug everything in as you normally would. When the HDD is active, the Power led will flicker off instead of flickering on. 

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are you sure about that. my R5, R6, Mini C and Nano S all pulse the light brighter when the HDD is active

@yaboistar honestly, no I'm not sure. I thought the Define C's i worked with did that, but I worked with them briefly and didnt get a good chance to really study the power LED flickering.