So I'm repurposing an old laptop motherboard to use as a HDD music player. It's all very janky but it works. Eventually I'm going to build a custom case so I can have it on display with my stereo system without being embarrassed. But I'm down to the small annoyances now:
The board has two LEDs soldered on, one is a steady green to show the system is on and running. The other blinks orange to say the board is running on direct power from a wall socket (because I removed the battery).
Would it work to just desolder and yank them off? There's no circuit that'll bork the system if they're removed, right?
If possible, I'd like to draw a wire from where the green ("power on") LED is currently placed, to have a front panel light when I make the box for it. Any tips on that?
Thanks in advance!
You’d need to sub in a diode. Theres only about a million and a half different ones so youll need to figure out the size, breakdown, drop, uh, power handling, something else probably then desolder the one on there and solder in your new one.
A lot of stuff just uses light pipes to bring diodes to some nebulous “front” because it’s easier.