Electronics UV and Blue CC HDD thingy-ma-bob-it

Ok, linear, macroman, anyone PLEASE HELP MEH!

alright I have a black soyo mobo, blue CPU sink, blue ram cooler, and blue graphics card, and black cable wrap and round IDE. I have a BLue CC and a UV one, Any way so that during no HDD activity the blue one is on, then on HDD activity to blue is off and the UV is on? so that when the HDD is being acessed the blue and other stuff in my case glows? I dont have the stuff to make PCB etches, so just those lil boards with the holes in them would be what I am looking for. but couls someone show me a diagram on how to do this? or should i ont do this at all? will the CC die after being flicked on and off too much?

 

adding a pulse stretcher to the "throbber" circuit would do it. This would slow the flickering down to a suitable level. Unfortunately I am up to my eyeballs in stuff at the mo' so have,'t got the time to draw something up for you. Maybe one of the other guys can help?

 

hmmm

 

could the HD led mod not be used? (where blue / red state when activity?) i think the cocern would be drawing enough power to turn on the CC

then again i could be wrong, been a while since ive done 'proper' electronics and ive fogotton most stuff


this mod btw: http://www.bit-tech.net/article/58/

perhaps it won't work thinking about it now, but a basis for a circuit maybe?

sry for being no help lol

 

Actually it's my mistake, I meant to say the HDD thingy not the throbber. - Over indulged in the devils brew today/

 

lol

 

so if someone were to find a way to lengthen out the pulses on the HDD LED thing and get it to supply more power... what about a sort of system with relays? like splitting the HDD activity LED onto two relays, one thats on and one that off? if thats possible? although that still would be very quick for a CC


hmm on second though i think ill make my blue CC sound activated, thatll be pretty cool

 

Maybe chuck a capacitor on it, then lots of flickering of the HDD light will keep the CC on constantly.

 

Sounds like an awsome mod. I wonder how many different ways this circuit can be used! Good Idea.

 

Yeah a capacitor could smooth the pulses out a bit, just connect it between ground and the output. Then use a TIP or a MOSFET to control the CCFLs instead of a relay.